Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth
by W. John Young

Luke 1:39-45

[possible tune MARTYDOM HaP 416: CM]
 
1. From Nazareth in Galilee
Young Mary made her way,
Her cousin in the hills to see
Three months with her to stay.
 
2. The angel Gabriel had told
Of coming baby joy;
Elizabeth thought barren, old,
Carried a baby boy.
 
3. And Mary had her news to share
Of how the angel came,
Told of the baby she would bear,
Jesus to be his name.
 
4. Elizabeth heard Mary come
As did her unborn boy;
The Spirit filled that pregnant mum
Her baby leapt for joy.
 
5. So blest be Mary, chosen one,
Who said, ‘Yes, may it be’;
Blest be her baby, God’s own Son,
Conceived mysteriously.