(1) Protect us, while telling,
Thy praises we sing,
In faithful hearts dwelling,
Christ Jesus, our King. Ave,
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria,
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.
(2) Thou cam’st to redeem us,
A pure Maiden’s child,
Pure bodies beseem us,
And hearts undefiled. Ave,
(3) And thou, ever glorious
‘Midst children of Eve,
God’s Mother victorious,
Our praises receive. Ave,
(4) By God’s visitation
Thy caste womb did bear
The King’s creation,
King David’s true heir. Ave,
(5) Whose glory in heaven
And earth is confessed,
To thee it was given
To nurse at thy breast. Ave,
(6) On thy bosom playing
From Bethlehem brought,
His own law obeying,
His temple he sought. Ave,
(7) While thou didst embrace him,
The magi adored
With gifts brought to praise him,
Their King and their Lord. Ave,
(8) Then Egypt received him,
Its idols o’erthrown,
And strangers believed him,
Denied by his own. Ave,
(9) With Joseph, thou losing,
The joy of mankind,
His Father’s house using
Thy Truant didst find. Ave,
(10) The prayer from him earneth
A mystical sign,
When water he turneth
To life-giving wine. Ave,
(11) Thy heart, ever truest,
Is pierced by the sword,
As dying thou viewest
Thy King and thy Lord. Ave,
(12) His thunders he sends thee,
While life doth endure;
To John he commends thee,
The pure to the pure. Ave,
(13) Day breaks; he is risen,
Thy Lord and thy Son,
Set free from death’s prison;
His glory is won. Ave,
(14) Heaven’s true Light returning
To heaven thou didst see,
Who once, heaven spurning,
Came down unto thee. Ave,
(15) When Pentecost crowned thee
What praises were thine,
while, star-like around thee
Apostles did shine. Ave,
(16) Though thee, who all graces,
Canst win from thy Son,
For these our poor praises
Acceptance be won. Ave,
(17) And while we revere Her,
Chaste Mother and Maid,
Emmanuel, hear Her,
And lend us thine aid. Ave,