Let my words fleet

And lay in your mind

Hail Mary, forgive me,

The shame is all mine.

Let the rosary 

Fall from my hands

Hail Mary, forgive me,

If to hell fire it lands.

Let my mind and soul

Steer clear of doom

Hail Mary, forgive me,

I’ll rot in my tomb. 

And when the chair beneath me

Reaches deep for my breath

Hail Mary, forgive me,

In this hour of death.