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Thread #143955   Message #3325976
Posted By: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler
20-Mar-12 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: Banks O The Bann/Lord Of All Hopefulness
Subject: RE: Banks O The Bann/Lord Of All Hopefulness
Lord of All Hopefulness is modern (around the 1960's or so). As mentioned above, Be Thou My Vision IS old - a 7th or 8th Century Gaelic poem. Translated by Byrne and versified by Hull, the tune was only added afterwards - possibly for the "English Hymnal" collection which used a lot of traditional tunes, fashionable in the early 20th century when the intelligentsia were trying to bring about an English Revival.
Yes, I DO know that BOTB is Irish-collected and not English, but the posh people of aound a hundred yeasr or so ago weren't too certain - "traditional" was enough for them.