Be Thou My Vision waltz

Also known as The Banks Of The Bann, Slane.

There are 7 recordings of a tune by this name.

Be Thou My Vision has been added to 83 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: Be Thou My Vision
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D2|G2 G2 AG|E2 D2 DE|G2 G2 A2|B4 dB|
A2 A2 A2|A2 B2 d2|e2 d2 B2|d4 d2|
e2 ef gf|e2 d2 B2|d2 G2 F2|E4 D2|
G2 B2 d2|ed B2 GB|A2 G2 G2|G4 ||
X: 2
T: Be Thou My Vision
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|G3 B AG|E2 D2 DE|G3 B AF|G4 ||
X: 3
T: Be Thou My Vision
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K: Dmaj
"D"D2 D4 ED|"G"B,2 A,4 A,B,|"D"D2 D4 "A"E2|"D"F8|
w:Be Thou my_ Vi-sion, O_ Lord of my heart;
"A"E2 E4 E2|E2 F4 A2|"G"B2 A4 F2|"A"A8|
w:Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art,
"Bm"B2 c4 dc|"G"B2 A4 F2|"D"A2 D4 C2|"G"B,4 A,4|
w:Thou my best_ thou-ght, by day or by night_
"D"D2 F4 A2|"Bm"B2 F4 DF|"A"E2 D4 D2|"D"D6 ||
w:Wak-ing or sleep-ing, Thy* pre-sence my light.

Four comments

Be Thou My Vision / Slane

I put this in as an answer to a request. It is used as a hymn tune, and like many such is called both by its opening words and by the name of a place associated maybe with its composition or use, or history that inspired it. The tune is said to be an Irish folk tune, deriving the title "Slane" from the association of Slane Hill, Co. Meath, with St. Patrick.
The tune, with an altered ending, also carries the song "The Banks Of The Bann"; the last four bars of this version go:

|G3 B AG|E2 D2 DE|G3 B AF|G4 ||

Be Thou My Vision

key of C, but we like the G7

Dallan Forgaill c. 700
Tr. Mary E Byrne
Ancient Irish Hymn (Slane)

Thanks

I used this tune years ago with my middle school choir and began to wonder about it’s origin. So many tunes have a simple annotation of "Irish Folk tune." Thanks for the additional information.

Brent