Hymnbook for Christian Worship ‎#90

90. Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart

Text Information

• First Line: Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
• Title: Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart
• Irish Title: Rob tu mo bhoile, a Comdi cride
• Versifier: Eleanor Henrietta Hull, 1860-1935
• Translator: Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1880-1931
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1970
• Topic: Confession and Commitment
• Source: Irish text, 8th cent.?
• Copyright: Words from The Poem Book of the Gael; Selected and Edited by Eleanor Hull. Used by permission of the Editor's Literary Estate and Chatto and Windus, Ltd.

Tune Information

• Name: SLANE
• Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: 10.10.9.10.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Trad. Irish melody
• Copyright: Music from The Revised Church Hymnary by permission of Oxford University Press.