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51. Be Thou my vision

Text Information
First Line: Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Title: Be Thou my vision
Meter: 10 10 10 10 (Irregular)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Living the Christian Life: Prayer; Living the Christian Life: Devotion and Love for God
Source: The Poem Book of the Gael selected and edited by Eleanor Hull
Copyright: © Estate of the late Eleanor Hull
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SLANE
Arranger: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958
Meter: 10 10 10 10 (Irregular)
Key: E Major
Source: Irish traditional melody
Copyright: Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press



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