Sacred melody adapted to the 1st prelude of J. S. Bach.
Adapted by Charles Gounod.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Ave Maria, mighty, yet lowly
Pure, and most holy
Hear from thy starry throne our prayer
Though faithless friends may grieve us
Wealth and fortune leave us
Grant to our grief and to our pain thy tender care
Sancta Maria! Sancta Maria! Maria!
When we are tearful, when we are fearful
Give to us thine aid, to us thine aid
Thine aid of prayer
Ave Maria, mother of the desolate
Guide of the unfortunate
Hear from thy starry throne our prayer
If sorrow will await us
Tyrants vex and hate us
Teach us thine own most patient part to bear
Sancta Maria! Sancta Maria! Maria!
When we are sighing, when we are dying
Give to us thine aid, to us thine aid
Thine aid of prayer
Amen