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Thread #673 Message #2121796
Posted By: GUEST,Jim Kuder
08-Aug-07 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Be Thou My Vision / Slane
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Be Thou My Vision / Slane
Wikipedia has the following entry about the song: The music is the Irish folk song, Slane, which is about Slane Hill where in 433 A.D. St. Patrick defied the pagan High King Lóegaire of Tara by lighting candles on Easter Eve. Besides this general connection to Christianity, the folk song has little prior connection to the text.