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=Sheet Music=
 
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* SAATTBB arrangement by [[Mark Hamilton Dewey]], using the tune ''[[Slane]]'':
 
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** Poetic Meter: [[:category:5 5 6 4 5 5 6 5|5 5 6 4 5 5 6 5]] (this differs from the normal arrangement)
 
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** [[media:BeThouMyVision.pdf|PDF]]
 
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** [[media:BeThouMyVision_choir.mid|MIDI (choir)]]
 
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** [[media:BeThouMyVision_piano.mid|MIDI (piano)]]
 
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** [[media:BeThouMyVision.ly|LilyPond]]
 
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** '''Arrangement Copyright:''' It may be used as if it were [[Public Domain]].  If you need a date: Released to the public domain, by the arranger, on 12 May 2007 (though the rights were less officially given to the public in 2006).
 
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** '''Contributer:''' [[user:Veramet|Veramet]] (i.e. the arranger)
 
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=Tunes and Composers=
 
=Tunes and Composers=
 
* '''Tune:''' [[Slane]] ([[Traditional|Irish Folk Melody]])
 
* '''Tune:''' [[Slane]] ([[Traditional|Irish Folk Melody]])
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* Poetic Meter: [[:category:5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5|5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5]]
 
* Poetic Meter: [[:category:5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5|5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5]]
 
* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/t/btmvison.htm Lyrics link from the Cyber Hymnal]
 
* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/t/btmvison.htm Lyrics link from the Cyber Hymnal]
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==Lyrics from [[Mark Hamilton Dewey|Mark Hamilton Dewey's]] Arrangement==
 
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* Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
 
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* Poetic Meter: [[:category:5 5 6 4 5 5 6 5|5 5 6 4 5 5 6 5 ]]
 
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1. Be Thou my Vision,<br>
 
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O Lord of my heart;<br>
 
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Naught be all else to me,<br>
 
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Save that Thou art!<br>
 
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Thou art my best Thought,<br>
 
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By day or by night,<br>
 
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In waking or sleeping,<br>
 
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Thy presence my light.
 
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2. Wilt Thou be my Captain<br>
 
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Over life's stormy sea,<br>
 
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Stay by me always,<br>
 
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And guide me to Thee;<br>
 
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Wilt Thou, my loving Father,<br>
 
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Take heed of my need,<br>
 
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And may I be numbered,<br>
 
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To dwell with Thy seed?
 
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3. Be Thou my great Shield,<br>
 
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My Sword for the fight;<br>
 
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Be Thou my Dignity,<br>
 
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Thou my Delight;<br>
 
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Thou my soul's Shelter,<br>
 
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And Thou my high Tow'r:<br>
 
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Wilt Thou raise me heavenward,<br>
 
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O Pow'r of my pow'r?
 
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4. Riches I heed not,<br>
 
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Or man's empty praise,<br>
 
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Thou mine Inheritance,<br>
 
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Now and always:<br>
 
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Thou and Thou only,<br>
 
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Still first in my heart,<br>
 
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The High King of Heaven,<br>
 
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My Treasure Thou art.
 
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5. High King of Heaven,<br>
 
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My victory won,<br>
 
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May I reach Heaven's joys,<br>
 
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O bright Heav'n's Sun!<br>
 
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Heart of my own heart,<br>
 
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Whatever befall,<br>
 
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Still be Thou my Vision,<br>
 
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O Ruler of all!
 
  
 
=Resources=
 
=Resources=
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[[category:Irish Hymns]]
 
[[category:Irish Hymns]]
 
[[category:Public Domain Lyrics]]
 
[[category:Public Domain Lyrics]]
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Revision as of 02:05, 12 May 2007

Tunes and Composers


Lyrics

Lyrics from ucc.ie (Original Irish Lyrics)

Lyrics from The Cyber Hymnal

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