Hail Mary Ever Blessed (of Walsingham the Queen)

This is a hymn about Mary under the title Our Lady ofWalsingham. It is sometimes called "Hymn in Honour of Our Lady of Walsingham".

The author is unknown - although most users now assume that it is in the public domain. If you have any information about it, especially who wrote the hymn, please leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

With meter 76 76 D, tunes it is set the tune ELLACOMBE, which was first published in the Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle in 1784 in Würtemberg.

Hymn-books which it has been published in include:

• The Saint Rose Hymnal, McLaughlin & Reilly and Co, Boston, USA, 1938
• The Pilgrim’s Manual to the Shrine of the Holy House of Our Lady of Walsingham (UK, 1979).

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PowerPoint slides

Downloadable score w organ, brass quartet/quintet, timpani - set with words to Hosanna Loud Hosanna, arranged by James Biery

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Lyrics

Hail Mary, ever blessed, of Walsingham the Queen.
Through vision of Richeldis, thy favours there were seen,
When England was thy dowry, there pilgrims bow’d the knee,
At morn and noon and even, they knelt to honour thee.

Hail Mary, ever blessed, thy children still delight,
To tell abroad thy praises, thy miracles, thy might.
Still pilgrim feet are treading, along the holy way,
Hostess of England’s Nazareth, receive us home today.

Hail Mary, ever blessed, the wells of water pure,
Which mark thy holy places, are signs that God doth cure.
For sick of soul and body, e’en since Richeldis’ day,
They spring in benediction, beside the Pilgrim’s Way.

Hail Mary, ever blessed, thy Name is great indeed,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour, was in thy womb conceived.
Thy Name be ever praiséd increasing in this place,
And loud the Angel’s greeting, “Hail Mary, full of grace.”

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Hail Mary, ever blessed, of Walsingham the Queen.
Through vision of Richeldis, thy favours there were seen,
When England was thy dowry, there pilgrims bow’d the knee,
At morn and noon and even, they knelt to honour thee.

Hail Mary, ever blessed, thy children still delight,
To tell abroad thy praises, thy miracles, thy might.
Still pilgrim feet are treading, along the holy way,
Hostess of England’s Nazareth, receive us home today.

Hail Mary, ever blessed, the wells of water pure,
Which mark thy holy places, are signs that God doth cure.
For sick of soul and body, e’en since Richeldis’ day,
They spring in benediction, beside the Pilgrim’s Way.

Hail Mary, ever blessed, thy Name is great indeed,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour, was in thy womb conceived.
Thy Name be ever praiséd increasing in this place,
And loud the Angel’s greeting, “Hail Mary, full of grace.”