Name: Be Thou My Vision
Duration: 3 min 27 s
Channel: music by Fugli
Description: "Be Thou My Vision" is a song by Fugli. This familiar Celtic song began as an eighth century Irish prayer. Mary Byrne translated it into English in 1905.

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This familiar Celtic song began as an eighth century Irish prayer. Mary Byrne translated it into English in 1905.

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Fugli

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I am a pseudo-medieval musician, scribe and artificer. With layered levels of simple instruments, my sounds are often uniquely archaic. While some of my music is entirely original, most of my numbers are my personal arrangements of renaissance and medieval melodies from antiquity. There's much more information to be found about me on my web site at

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Medieval

Charts

Peak #89

Peak in subgenre #8

Author

music by Fugli

Rights

Fugli

Uploaded

September 13, 2005

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:27

Story behind the song

I recorded this song for a CD collection slated for Hurricane Katrina charity fundraising. This is one of my small offerings to the survivors of such a horrible disaster.

Lyrics

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 my 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 heav'ns Son!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

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