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Text:Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart
Translator:Mary Byrne
Versified:Eleanor Hull
Tune:SLANE
Harmonized:David Evans, 1874-

61. Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart

Text Information
First Line: Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Title: Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart
Translator: Mary Byrne
Versified: Eleanor Hull
Language: English
Publication Date: 1959
Source: Ancient Irish; Words from The Poem Book of the Gael, by Fleanor Hull. Chatto and Windus, London, England. Slane by P. W. Joyce, The Educational Company of Ireland Ltd.
Notes: Unison. Moderately slow, with great dignity
Tune Information
Name: SLANE
Harmonized: David Evans, 1874-
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Ancient Irish Traditional Melody
Copyright: Harmony copyright. Reprinted from The Revised Church Hymnary, Oxford University Press, London



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