The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7824

7824. 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. 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: John A. L. Riley (1906)
• Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia!
• Meter: 88.44.88 alleluias
• Language: English
• Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 519
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Will­iams
• Meter: 88.44.88 alleluias
• Incipit: 11231 34251 17313
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Auss­er­le­se­ne Ca­thol­ische Geist­liche Kirch­en­ge­säng (Köln, Ger­ma­ny: Pe­ter von Brach­el, 1623); har­mo­ny in The Eng­lish Hym­nal (Lon­don: Ox­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber 519
• Copyright: Public Domain