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Text:St. Aloysius
Tune:[The youth who wealth and courts despised]

204. St. Aloysius

1 The youth who wealth and courts despised,
His spotless mind above to raise,
Who ev'ry rising tho't chastised,
'Tis Aloysius claims our lays.

Chorus:
Amiable and angelic youth,
Aloysius, pray for us,
Amiable and angelic youth,
Aloysius, pray for us,
Amiable and angelic youth,
Aloysius, pray for us,
Aloysius, pray for us.

2 His infant words, the first he frames,
He utters with a trembling voice;
Jesus, and Mary, hallowed names,
Dwell on his lips, and speak his choice. [Chorus]

3 Delighting in the Lord alone,
All earthly pleasures he forsakes,
And ere yet half to manhood grown,
His virgin vows to Mary makes. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: The youth who wealth and courts despised
Title: St. Aloysius
Language: English
Publication Date: 1880
Tune Information
Name: [The youth who wealth and courts despised]
Key: D Major



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