Notes
‘eh’ to rhyme with ‘net’ not ‘pay’ | ‘oh’ to rhyme with ‘hot’ not ‘cold’ | ‘s’ as in ‘soft’
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| 1 . Magnificat | |
| Magnificat anima mea Dominum: et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo. | Mag-nee-fee-caht ah-nee-mah meh-ah Doh-mee-noom: eht ek-sool-tah-veet spee-ree-toos meh-oos een deh-oh sah-loo-tah-ree meh-oh. |
| Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. | Kwee-ah reh-spex-eet oo-mee-lee-tah-tem ahn-chee-leh soo-eh; eh-cheh eh-neem ex ock beh-ah-tahm meh dee-chent ohm-nehz geh-neh-raht-see-oh-nehz. |
| 3. Quia fecit mihi magna | |
| Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sanctum nomen eius. | Kwee-ah feh-cheet mee-hee mahn-ya kwee poh-tenz est: eht sahnc-toom noh-mehn eh-oos. |
| Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. | Sahnc-toos Doh-mee-noos Deh-oos Sah-bah-ot. |
| Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. | Pleh-nee soont cheh-lee eht teh-rah gloh-ree-ah too-ah. Oh-zah-nah een ek-shell-sees. |
| 4. Et misericordia | |
| Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. | Eht mee-zeh-ree-cor-dee-ah eh-oos ah proh-geh-nee-ehz tee-mehn-tee-boos eh-oom. |
| 5. Fecit potentiam | |
| Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. | Feh-cheet poh-tent-see-ahm een brah-kee-oh- soo-oh: dee-spair-seet soo-pair-bohs mehn-teh cor-dees soo-ee. |
| Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. | Deh-poh-soo-eet poh-tehn-tez deh seh-deh eht eks-ahl-tah-veet oo-mee-lez. |
| 6. Esurientes | |
| Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes. | Eh-soo-ree-ehn-tez eem-pleh-veet boh-nees: eht dee-vee-tez dee-mee-seet een-ah-nez. |
| Suscepit Israel puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae. | Soo-sheh-peet ees-rah-ehl poo-eh-room soo-oom, reh-cor-dah-toos mee-zeh-ree-cor-dee-eh soo-eh. |
| Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini eius in saecula. | See-coot loh-coo-toos est ahd pah-trehz nohs-trohs, Ah-brah-hahm eht seh-mee-nee eh-oos een seh-koo-lah. |
| 7. Gloria | |
| Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. | Gloh-ree-ah pah-tree, eht fee-lee-oh, eht spee-ree-too sahnc-toh. |
| Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, iuva pusillanimes, refove flebiles: ora pro populo, intervene pro clero, intercede pro devote femineo sexu: sentiant omnes tuum iuvamen, quicumque tuum sanctum implorant auxilium. | Sahnc-tah mah-ree-ah, soo-koo-reh mee-seh-rees, ee-oo-vah poo-see-lah-nee-mez, reh-foh-veh fleh-bee-lez: oh-rah proh poh-poo-loh, een-tehr-veh-neh proh cleh-roh, een-ter-cheh-deh proh deh-voh-teh feh-mee-neh-oh sec-soo: sehnt-see-ahnt ohm-nez too-oom ee-oo-vah-mehn, chee-coom-kweh too-oom sahnc-toom eem-plor-ahnt ah-ook-see-lee-oom. |
| Alleluia. | |
| Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. | See-koot eh-raht een preen-chee-pee-oh, eht noonc, eht sehm-per, eht een seh-koo-lah seh-koo-loh-room. Ah-mehn. |