Beannacht Leat, A Mhuire

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Beannacht Leat, A Mhuire - arr. Paul Halley
Praise to You, O Mary (Irish)
Publication Details

Catalogue Number -
PEL2054 SSA

Voicing/Instrumentation -
SSA choir and organ

Level of Difficulty - Moderate

Uses/Season - Concert,
Service Anthem, Christmas

Duration -
2:30 mins

Pages Music -
4 pages - 12 page booklet

Format -
SSA/organ choral octavo

Copyright Year - 2003

SSA perusal - page 1 of 4

Description/Remarks

PEL2054 Beannacht Leat is a lilting hymn to the Virgin Mary (Mhuire) sung in Irish to a traditional folk melody. The Soprano 1 melody line floats above a background setting of treble voices, resulting in a new Celtic Christmas favorite. Created by Paul Halley for Chorus Angelicus on its tour to Ireland 2004.

The score includes phonetic underlay to aid singers in pronunciation of the Irish.
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"Paul Halley’s fresh but tasteful arrangements invigorate the latest offering...the sweet, transparent sound of Chorus Angelicus (a children’s choir) imparting something inimitable and irreplaceable: innocent wonder at the season. Strongly recommended."
– Lawrence Schenbeck, The Choral Journal

"Listeners will find many familiar favorites, including Mr. Halley’s arrangements of American and English traditionals. But they will also delight i the soaring voices on the Irish song 'Beannacht Leat'."
- Michael O’Loughlin, The Living Church

Sound Clip ◙♫
from What Child Is This? CD
Full track below at left

Recording
What Child Is This?CD
PEL1005 - Track 18

PEL1005 CD
available in CD or digital format

Youtube video on our channel:
Paul Halley and Pelagosmusic

Youtube - Time 2:08
"Beannacht Leat, A Mhuire"
Words: Trad. Irish
Music: Trad. arr. P. Halley

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Text and Translation

Beannacht Leat, A Mhuire

Traditional Irish
Translation by Finola Nic Eoin & Seosamh Mac Eoin

Beannacht leat, a Mhuire:
Beannacht leat a Chríost,
Go gcumhdaigh sibh ár nanama,
Go dtagaimí aris:

Beannacht leat, a thig Dé
Agus beannacht Dé ‘nár dtimpeall,
Nár scara uianne grásta Dé
Go bfillimíd chun a theampail.

Beannaigh sinn, a Mhuire
Beannaigh sinn a Chríost,
Go gcuire sibh bhúr naspailse,
Ar gcosaint ar an tslí;

Iarraim ort, a Mhaigh dean,
Agus guidhim Aoinmhic na hoighe,
Ná réabtar cáirdeas eadrainn,
Go nairimid libh go deo.

Translation:

Praise to you, O Mary;
Praise to you, O Christ;
Keep our souls from harm
Until we come to you again;

Praise to you, O House of God,
And may God’s blessing surround us;
May God’s grace never leave us
Till we return to His temple.

Bless us, O Mary,
Bless us, O Christ;
Send your apostles
To protect us on our way;

I beseech you, O Virgin,
And I pray to the only Son of the Maiden,
That our friendship never be sundered
And that we dwell with you forever.