Product Description
The history of the song goes back to the 5th century in Ireland and St. Patrick.
In the 8th century, a
monk named Dallan Forgaill wrote the Irish poem, "Rop tú mo Baile" ("Be
Thou my Vision), to remember and honor the faith that St. Patrick had shown in
his defiance of King Logaire of Taras decree three centuries earlier. His
poetry lived on as a part of the Irish monastic tradition for centuries until,
in the early 20th century, Mary Elizabeth Byrne translated the poem into
English, and in 1912, Eleanor Hull versified the text into what is now the lyrics of a
well-loved hymn. The music SLANE is an ancient Irish folk tune which became a hymn tune when it was arranged by
David Evans and set to the Irish hymn "Be Thou My Vision" in 1927. This hymn acts as a
prayer to our God that He would be the first that we seek after, and
continually refocus the direction of our life.
This arrangement is for 4 part male harmony (TTBB) a cappella.
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