when the swallows come back to capistrano that s the day you promised you d come back to you when you whisper farewell in capistrano twas the day the swallows flew out to sea all the mission bells will ring the chapel choir will sing the happiness you ll bring will live in my memory when the swallows come back to capistrano that s the day i pray that you ll come back to you when the swallows come back to capistrano that s the day i pray that you ll come back to me