Rex in Queensland wanted a backing for this song his group is singing soon. The author of the text is unknown. It has numerous settings to choose from. Mary at Godsongs has looked at this but I don’t think the clips she provided are actually using the tune MELITA as she thought.
I could not find a name nor any sheet music for the tune requested so I made a stab at it and made a basic backing.
O Mother of Perpetual Help,
To thee we come imploring help.
Behold us here from far and near,
To ask of thee our help to be.
Behold us here from far and near,
To ask of thee our help to be.Perpetual Help we beg of thee,
Our soul from sin and sorrow free.
Direct our wandring feet aright,
And be thyself our own true light.
Direct our wandring feet aright,
And be thyself our own true light.Be thou to us through all this life,
The starlight of this earthly strife.
And Mother when I come to die,
Be Thou thy spouse and Jesus nigh.
And Mother when I come to die,
Be Thou thy spouse and Jesus nigh.And when this life is o’er for me
The last request I ask of thee;
Obtain for me from heave’n this grace
To see my God there face to face
Obtain for me from heave’n this grace
To see my God there face to face