The New Hail Mary Song by Erwin Cabucos Lyrics and Music

August 12, 2025 - 9:12pm — Erwin Cabucos

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Hail Mary by Erwin Cabucos

Carey Landry's Hail Mary Gentle Woman is good but I found its tempo difficult to play on guitar or organ. Even to sing, I can never get it right. Plus it is quite long.

I just want to sing the Hail Mary short and sweet.

So, here's the new one - just composed today. Hope you like it. The chords are posted below the video. Enjoy and please subscribe and share.

Hail Mary
By Erwin Cabucos
Intro: D D

D             D7        G
Hail Mary full of grace
        A               D
The lord is with you
D                  D7             G
Blessed are you among women
         A                                    D        G D
And blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus

Bm                           F#m
Holy Mary Mother of God
Bm                F#m
Pray for us sinners
G                        D     E       A-A7
Now and at the hour of our death.
D
Amen

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August 12, 2025 - 10:23pm — Richard Schletty

Hail Mary – less drawn out

I agree that Carey Landry's "Hail Mary, Gentle Woman" can get a bit long, especially if the musicians set a slow tempo. I have sung it numerous times.

Your version is good. I would try to work more on a couple line endings which need a bit more prosody (keeping words in sync with tempo).

For the very same aim of simplicity, Tony Moran (RIP) and I collaborated on a couple versions of Hail Mary, one in English and another in Spanish.

Hail Mary - Faith Songs for Kids
https://youtu.be/YNxCT7bJ_9A
(animation by S.D. Cason)

Dios te salve, María (Ave Maria)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfz1-cgr2Bw

And here is another nice setting of the Hail Mary, also composed by Tony Moran. His daughter Tara sings this. Piano arrangement and sheet music engraving by my friend and collaborator, André van Haren.

Hail Mary
https://insong.org/product/catholic-wedding-songs/
https://insong.org/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2018/08/06-CWS-Hail-Mary-d.mp3

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Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

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