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Text:Be Thou My Vision
Translator:Mary E. Byrne
Versifier:Eleanor H. Hull
Tune:SLANE
Harmonizer:Jack Schrader

442. Be Thou My Vision

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Text Information
First Line: Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Title: Be Thou My Vision
Translator: Mary E. Byrne
Versifier: Eleanor H. Hull (alt.)
Language: English
Publication Date: 2017
Scripture:
Source: Irish, ca. 8th c.
Tune Information
Name: SLANE
Harmonizer: Jack Schrader
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Irish melody, Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, 1909
Copyright: Music harm. ©1989 Hope Publishing Company



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