Text: | Ye watchers and ye holy ones |
Author: | John Athelstan Laurie Riley, 1858-1945 |
Tune: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Arranger: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
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:
alleluia!
2 O higher than the cherubim,
more glorious than the seraphim,
lead their praises: alleluia!
Thou bearer of the Eternal Word,
most gracious, magnify the Lord,
alleluia!
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,
alleluia!
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,
alleluia!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ye watchers and ye holy ones |
Author: | John Athelstan Laurie Riley, 1858-1945 |
Meter: | 88.88 and alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | All Saints and All Souls; Celebration of Faith; Communion of Saints(8 more...) |
Copyright: | Words from the "English Hymnal" by permission Oxford University Press |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Arranger: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 88.88 and alleluias |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | 'Geistliche Kirchengesäng', Cologne, 1623 |
Copyright: | Music from the "English Hymnal" by permission Oxford University Press |
Notes: | Lower settings may be found at No. 72 and No. 1000 |