COMPOSER : Traditional

ARRANGER : David Grace

"Be Thou My Vision" (Old Irish: Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile) is a traditional Christian hymn of Irish origin.

The words are based on a Middle Irish poem that has traditionally been attributed to Dallán Forgaill in the 6th century.

However, scholars believe it was written later than that.

Some date it to the 8th century; others put it as late as the 10th or 11th century.

That it sat untranslated for perhaps 14 centuries is astounding. 

The best-known English version, with some minor variations, was translated in 1905 by Mary Elizabeth Byrne,  then made into verse by Eleanor Hull and published in 1912. 

Since 1919 it has been commonly sung to an Irish folk tune, noted as "Slane" in church hymnals, and is one of the most popular hymns in the United Kingdom.

LM656 - ISMN : 9790570006564