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Thread #673   Message #30387
Posted By: Joe Offer
09-Jun-98 - 03:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Be Thou My Vision / Slane
Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: LORD OF ALL HOPEFULNESS (Struther)
Here's a nice set of lyrics set to the same tune, plus a MIDITXT rendition of the tune.
-Joe Offer-

Lord of All Hopefulness
lyrics: Jan Struther, 1901-1953
© Oxford University Press, London
Tune: Be Thou My Vision


Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares can destroy,
Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,
Be there at our labors, and give us, we pray,
Your strength in our hearts, Lord at the noon of the day.

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,
Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,
Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,
Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,
Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

MIDI file: BETHOU~1.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: Be Thou My Vision
Text: Ancient Irish, Translated by Mary Byrne, 1927
Key: Eb
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 63 110 0094 0 63 000 0002 1 60 110 0160 0 60 000 0032 1 58 110 0160 0 58 000 0032 1 60 110 0160 0 60 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0528 0 67 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 70 110 0528 0 70 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 75 110 0094 0 75 000 0002 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 72 110 0192 0 72 000 0000 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 60 110 0384 0 60 000 0000 1 58 110 0160 0 58 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 63 110 0094 0 63 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 63 110 0528 0 63 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Be Thou My Vision
M:3/4
Q:1/4=120
K:Eb
E2E2FE|C2B,2C2|E2E2F2|G6|F2F2F2|F2G2B2|c2B2G2|
B6|c2cded|c2B2G2|B2E2D2|C4B,2|E2G2B2|cBG2EG|
F2E2E2|E11/2||