Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New ‎#758

758. Ye watchers and ye holy ones

1 Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
bright seraphs, cherubim and thrones,
raise the glad strain, alleluia!
Cry out, dominions, princedoms, pow'rs,
virtues, archangels, angels' choirs,

Refrain:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia!

2 O higher than the cherubim,
more glorious than the seraphim,
lead their praises, alleluia.
O Mary, bearer of the Word,
most gracious, magnify the Lord: [Refrain]

3 Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
alleluia! alleluia!
Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong,
all saints triumphant, raise the song: [Refrain]

4 O friends, in gladness let us sing,
supernal anthems echoing,
alleluia, alleluia.
To God the Father, God the Son
and God the Spirit, Three in One: [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Ye watchers and ye holy ones
• Title: Ye watchers and ye holy ones
• Author: Athelstan Riley, 1858-1945
• Meter: 88 44 88 and Alleluias
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Colossians 1:16
  ;
  Daniel 4:13
  ;
  Ezekiel 10:1
  ;
  Isaiah 6:1-3
• Topic: All Saints; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Opening Hymn; The Communion of Saints; The Witnessing Community; Year A: Christ the King; Year B: Second Sunday Before Lent; Year B: Trinity Sunday; Year C: All Saints; Year C: Christ the King; Year C: Proper 1; Year C: Proper 11; Years A, B, and C: Ascension Day
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press. Used by permission form the "English Hymnal"
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 88 44 88 and Alleluias
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: "Geistliche Kirchengesang", Cologne (1623)
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press. Used by permission form the "English Hymnal"