Music written by Charles Danvers, and words by Pierre Buisson / Carl Sigman.
1961 released on the album Shirley Bassey
and this song was also on the EP TILL - And other great songs and more singles and EP's.
The song is sometimes also written 'Till or 'Til.
The song had been re-released on CD on the digitally remastered album, which sadly is out of print meanwhile.
Shirley Bassey has performed the song live in some TV shows in the 1970's.
This song charted 1957 in the US Billboard as instrumental before Shirley Bassey's recording on position 22 by Roger Williams, and position 63 by Percy Faith. 1962 The Angels reached position number 14, and 1968 The Vogues position 27, and 1971 Tom Jones reached number 41, and there have been many more artists and orchestras interpreting this beautiful song.
For more information on the lyricist Carl Sigman look at (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story. I guess that this was originally a French song and Carl Sigman penned the English lyrics to the song, but I don't know the original title.
Sometimes there's also Charles Sananes mentioned as composer.
Charles Danvers also loved Spanish music and wrote some great Spanish-influenced music under the name Charles Sananes.
He was a French 'pieds noir' from Algeria. During the long war of independence in Algeria in the 1950s he and his family went to France.
Because of his talent and success, he was made a knight of the French Academy of Arts.
He eventually moved to the U.S. where he taught music.
Special thanks to Gerald Kelly for this additional information.
Till the tropic sun grows (turns) cold
Till this young world grows old
My darling, I'll adore you
You are my reason to live
All I own I would give
Just to have you adore me
Till the rivers flow upstream
Till lovers cease to dream
Till then I'm yours, be mine
You are my reason to live
All I own I would give
Just to have you adore me
Till the rivers flow upstream
Till lovers cease to dream
Till then I'm yours, be mine
(transcribed by Roman <scribbler@gmx.net>)