Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones

Words:
Athelstan Riley
Music:
Cologne Kirchengasänge

Sheet music

  1. 1Ye watchers and ye holy ones,Bright seraphs, cherubim and thrones,Raise the glad strain Alleluia!Cry out, dominions, princedoms, pow’rs,Virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs,Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
  2. 2O higher than the cherubim,(O higher than the cherubim,)More glorious than the seraphim,(More glorious than the seraphim,)Lead their praises, Alleluia!Thou bearer of th’eternal word,(Thou bearer of th’eternal word,)Most gracious, magnify the Lord,(Most gracious, magnify the Lord, the Lord,)Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!Amen.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1906, the words are in 119 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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