Virgin-born

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Virgin-born, we bow before thee:
blesséd was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blesséd was she in her Child.
Blesséd was the breast that fed thee;
blesséd was the hand that led thee;
blesséd was the parent's eye
that watched thy slumbering infancy.

Blesséd she by all creation,
who brought forth the world's salvation, and
blesséd they, for ever blest, who
love thee most and serve thee best.
Virgin-born, we bow before thee;
blesséd was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blessed was she in her Child.

Words: Reginald Heber (18thC)
Music: Psalm 86, Claude Goudimel (16thC)
Sequence: Cathouse Pandemonium, Ltd.
Recorders, viola, contrabass, tubular bells, triangle