Be unto me

Be unto me O Lord a tower of strength,
against my mortall foe,
O guard and warde me with thy power,
which way so ever I shall goe.
Then shall my heart and soule rejoyce,
in God my Lord with cheerefull voyce.

by William Leighton, Sir (c1565-1622)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by William Byrd (1542?3?-1623) , "Be unto me", published 1614 [AATB chorus a cappella], in the collection The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule, in Songs of 4 Parts

Date added to the website: 2009-08-12.

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