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Hail to Thee, true Body

Henry Formby

“Hail to Thee, true Body” as printed in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860).

Henry Formby: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1860 · historical text
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This text comes from Catholic Hymns (1860), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

46.

Hail to Thee, true Body.

Verse 2

Hail to Thee, true Body, sprung

From the Virgin Mary's womb;

The same that on the Cross was hung,

And bore for man the bitter doom.

Thou whose side was pierc'd and flow'd,

Both with water and with blood;

Suffer us to taste of Thee,

In our life's last agony.

O kind, O loving One,

O sweet Jesu, Mary's Son!

Credits

Written by Henry Formby

Words by Henry Formby. Historical text published in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860), “Hail to Thee, true Body”

The 1860 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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