Ye watchers and ye holy ones
Particularly Appropriate During All Saints & Commemorations
№ 51 · LASST UNS ERFREUEN · Liturgical Year — All Saints & Commemorations · Athelstan Riley
1.Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
Bright Seraphs, Cherubim and Thrones,
Raise the glad strain, Alleluya!
Cry out Dominions, Princedoms, Powers,
Virtues, Archangels, Angels' choirs,
Refrain:
Alleluya, Alleluya,
Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya!
2.O higher than the Cherubim,
More glorious than the Seraphim,
Lead their praises, Alleluya!
Thou Bearer of the eternal Word,
Most gracious, magnify the Lord, [Refrain]
3.Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
Ye Patriarchs and Prophets blest,
Alleluya, Alleluya!
Ye holy Twelve, ye Martyrs strong,
All Saints triumphant, raise the song [Refrain]
4.O friends, in gladness let us sing,
Supernal anthems echoing,
Alleluya, Alleluya!
To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One, [Refrain]