Common Praise ‎#244a

244a. Virgin-born, we bow before thee

1 Virgin-born, we bow before thee;
blessèd was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, mother meek and mild,
blessèd was she in her child.

2 Blessèd was the breast that fed thee;
blessèd was the hand that led thee;
blessèd was the parent's eye
that watched thy slumbering infancy.

3 Blessèd she by all creation,
who brought forth the world's Salvation,
blessèd they for ever blest,
who love thee most and serve thee best.

4 Virgin-born we bow before thee;
blessèd was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, mother meek and mild,
blessèd was she in her child.

Text Information

• First Line: Virgin-born, we bow before thee
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
• Meter: 88 77 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Luke 1:48
  ;
  Luke 2:6-7
  ;
  Luke 2:19
  ;
  Luke 11:27-28
• Topic: Blessed Virgin Mary; Candelmas

Tune Information

• Name: MON DIEU, PRÉTE-MOI L'OREILLE
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 88 77 D
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Harmony © Oxford University Press