Be Thou My Vision

A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.

Status: unknown
Writer / source: Ancient Irish text; translated by Mary E. Byrne; versified by Eleanor H. Hull; tune SLANE
Rights: Public domain in the United States. Traditional arrangement by The Scrips.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: Byrne translation 1905; Hull versification 1912; traditional Irish tune
Aliases / index: Rop tu mo baile · SLANE
Working arrangement: Arrangement details not yet documented.

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Be Thou My Vision
Ancient Irish text; translated by Mary E. Byrne; versified by Eleanor H. Hull; tune SLANE
Rights: public-domain-us

Verse 1:
NOTES: Brad Starts 4+ measures; Pause between lines
VERSE 1
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
VERSE 2
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

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