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

150. 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:
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
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
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



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