Text:Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Author:Athelsta Riley (1858-1945)
Tune:LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Arranger:Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

91. 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, powers,
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!
Thou bearer of th’eternal Word,
Most gracious, magnify the Lord. [Refrain]

3 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: Athelsta Riley (1858-1945) (1906)
Refrain First Line: Alleluia
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.Alleluias
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: God the Father: Majesty and Power of God
Tune Information
Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.Alleluias
Incipit: 11231 34511 23134
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Geistliche Kirchengesang, Koln, 1623
Notes: Music from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press.



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