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Melodin "Shrine of Saint Cecilia"

Ulla Billquist. Bild ur Åsa Billquist-Roussels arkiv.

Efter information från flera läsare på beredskapsmuseet.com, bland andra Per Iko på SMB, har vi äntligen lyckats spåra både text och ursprung till den engelska versionen av "Min Soldat".

The Shrine of Saint Cecilia spelades in av The Andrews Sisters tillsammans med Vic Schoen & his Orchestra. Texten skrevs av Jokern och Carroll Loveday.

 

The Shrine of Saint Cecilia

Musik "Jokern", alias Nils Perne
Engelsk text: Jokern och Carroll Loveday

Our home is a shambles
All I've treasured is gone
The town seemed deserted
Everyone so forlorn
A storm came from up above
But somehow it missed
The shrine of Saint Cecilia

The bells in the chapel
Never ring any more
The clock in the steeple
Can't tell time as before
But up on a hillside
Stands a place heaven blessed
The shrine of Saint Cecilia

Each day at even tide
When I seek haven From my daily care
You'll find me by her side
It seems so peaceful there

I kneel in my solitude
And silently pray
That heaven will protect you dear
And there'll come a day
The storm will be over
And that we'll meet again
At the shrine of Saint Cecilia

The storm will be over
And that we'll meet again
At the shrine of Saint Cecilia...