PARTS: Solo Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
188 - Nun’s Chorus
Intro count four bars in 4/4 time. Switch to 3/4 time when lyrics enter
Verse
Ho-ly Ma-ry day by day--
Watch be-side us
Guard and guide us
Lest we stray on life’s highway
On our knees to
Thee humbly we pray
Chorus (solo)
Hear my plea! Pity me!
Blessed Mary send and save me
Holy Maid Lend your aid
Ere the convent vows enslave me
Fairest flowers I’ll bring you
Sweetest songs I’ll sing you
Prayer and praise shall not cease
^ If you grant release.
Chorus repeat
(All voices) Hear my plea! Pity me!
Blessed Mary send and save me
Holy Maid Lend your aid
Ere the convent vows enslave me
Fairest flowers I’ll bring you
Sweetest songs I’ll sing you
Prayer and praise shall not cease
^ If you grant release—-
Music by Johann Strauss. Words by Harry Graham, from the German of R. Schanzer and E. Welisch