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Be Thou My Vision

from Downtown Folk by Downtown Folk Band

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Tune - SLANE (traditional)

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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.

Be thou my wisdom and thou my true Word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord.
Thou my great Father, I thy true son;
thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight;
be thou my dignity, thou my delight.
Thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower:
Raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

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 victory won;
may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

attributed to Dallán Forgaill, c. 560
translated by Eleanor Hull, 1912

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from Downtown Folk, released June 5, 2017
Vocals - Janice Landry

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