Tune: Slane

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Contents 1 Origin 2 Music 3 Free MP3 Downloads of Slane 3.1 Suitable for Be thou my vision with 10 10 10 10 meter 3.2 Suitable for Be thou my vision with 10 11 11 12 meter 3.3 Suitable for Lord of all hopefulness with Meter 10 11 11 12

Origin

Slane is a hill near Tara, in Ireland. It was at Slane in the 5th Century that the first fires of Easter were lit by St Patrick as a challenge to King Laoghaire. The tune was included in Patrick W. Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Sons in 1901, some sources give it as 18th Century, but others quote 8th Century.

Please beware that the tune has a number of variations. That used for Be thou my vision with Meter 10 10 10 10 will not scan for Be thou my vision with Meter 10 11 11 12. Please check the meter in your hymn book.

Lord of all hopefulness is meter 10 11 11 12, but only has 4 verses.

Music

• Meter: 10 10 10 10 or Meter: 10 11 11 12
• Style: Traditional Irish
• Composer: Unknown
• Music Copyright Public Domain.
• Performances Copyright © 2008 - 2009 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.

You can download the free MP3 recording of Slane for use in Worship by clicking on the Download arrow next to the recording(s), this can then be burned to a CD or used from a computer, in an MP3 player or IPod & etc..

Free MP3 Downloads of Slane

Suitable for Be thou my vision with 10 10 10 10 meter

Suitable for Be thou my vision with 10 11 11 12 meter

Suitable for Lord of all hopefulness with Meter 10 11 11 12