Talk:Immaculate Mary

Versions
An attempt to source versions of the text, to determine who wrote it first?

French

 * "Cantique-récit de l'apparition de N.-D. de Lourdes" by Jean Gaignet, 1875 (120 verses) - first sung May 27 1873 according to a Facebook post
 * L'heure était venue Où l'airain sacré // De sa voix connue, Annonçait l'Ave
 * "Ave Maria" by R. P. ***, 1875 (27 verses)
 * La terre à Marie disait «le salut» // La Vierge «bénie» Soudain apparut
 * "Ô Vierge Marie" by Maurice Le Bas († 1973), 1968 (13 verses)

English

 * That one by Jeremiah Cummings
 * Immaculate Mary our hearts are on fire, Hymnary's oldest version is in the 1905 St Basil's Hymnal
 * Immaculate Mary thy praises we sing, 1952, anon. based on Cummings
 * Immaculate Mary your praises we sing, verses 2-7 © 1971 by Brian Foley
 * v.2: Predestined for Christ by eternal decree // God willed you both virgin and mother to be.
 * That OL of Perpetual Help version from who knows where

Beleg Tâl (talk) 22:30, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!

I do not have the source from 1952; but, as sung according to the melody "Lourdes Hymn," these lines of the refrain should read:

Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave Maria!

Exsult1 (talk) 15:01, 15 November 2019 (UTC)