Artist: | Christian Hymns (English) |
User: | raindrops |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
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Comment: | - |
BE THOU MY VISION
KEY : D
VERSE 1:
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Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
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Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
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Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
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Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
VERSE 2:
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Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
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I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
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Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
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Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
VERSE 3:
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Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
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Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
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Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
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High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.
VERSE 4:
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High King of heaven, my victory won,
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May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
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Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
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Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Words: Ancient Irish;
Translated by Mary E. Byrne;
Versified Eleanor H. Hull.
Music: Traditional Irish Melody