Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

:Cry out, Dominions, Princedoms, Powers, :Virtues, Archangels, Angels' choirs, ::Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya! :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, ::Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya! :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, ::Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya! :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, ::Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya! :Amen. ## Melody Below is the 1623 German hymn tune *Lasst uns erfreuen*, as set in the 1906 *English Hymnal*: \new Staff { \clef treble \time 3/2 \partial 2 \key es \major \set Staff.midiInstrument = "church organ" \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \override Score.BarNumber #'transparent = ##t \relative c' 1 es,2 | es4 f g es g as | 1 \bar"||" \break es4^\markup { \italic "Harmony." } d | c2 bes es4 d | c2 bes\fermata \breathe \bar"||" es2^\markup { \italic "Unison." } | es4 bes bes as g as | \break 1 es2 | es4 bes bes as g as | bes1 \bar"||" as4^\markup { \italic "Harmony." } g | f2 es as4 g | \break f2 es es'4 d | c2 bes es4^\markup { \italic "Unison." } d | c2 bes as4 g | f1. | es1 \bar"|." } \\ { bes2 | es1 es2 | es2 d es | bes4 d es2 es2 | es2 d bes'4 bes | bes( as) g2 es4 d | g( f) d2 bes'4 as | g2~ g4 f es2 | es d es4 f | es2. | es4 d g f es4 es | es( d) es2 es4 es | es( d) c2 g'4 f | g( f) d2 ~ | 4 4~ c, es | es2 d1 | bes } \\ { s2 | s1. | s1. | s1. | s1 s2 | s1. | s1. | s1. | s1 \stemDown \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = 0 bes'2 } %necessary for that one note } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { ""2 | ""1. ""1. ""1. ""1 ""2 | ""1. ""1. ""1. ""1. ""1. ""1 Al4 -- le -- lu2 -- ya, Al4 -- le -- lu2 -- ya, Al4 -- le -- lu2 -- ya, Al4 -- le -- lu2 -- ya, Al4 -- le -- lu1. -- ya!1 } \new Staff { \clef bass \key es \major \set Staff.midiInstrument = "church organ" \relative c' es4 es | es2 es g,4 bes | bes( a) bes2 es2 | es2~ es4 bes bes as | f2 bes bes | bes~ bes4 es d c | bes1 c4 c | c( bes) bes2 c4 bes | c( as) g2 g4 bes | bes( a) bes2 g2~ | g4 as f g as bes | c2 bes as | g1 } \\ { es2 | es~ es2 es8 d c4 f | bes, bes'4 as g as | g f es d c f | bes,2 bes'4 as g g | as2 es c4 d | es( f) bes,2\fermata g'4 f | es d c d es c | bes2 bes'4 as g as | g f es c' bes as | g f es d c bes | as2 g f4 g | as( bes) c2 c4 d | es( f) bes,2 c4 d | es f d e f g | as2 bes bes, | 1 } \\ { s2 | s1. | s1. | s1. | s1 s2 | s1. | s1. | s1. | s1. | s1. | s1 s2 | s1. | s1. | s1 \stemUp \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = 0 bes'2 } %necessary for that one note } \layout { indent = #0 } \midi { \tempo 2 = 70 } ## References ## References 1. Shomsky, Tiffany. ["Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones: Worship Notes"](http://www.hymnary.org/text/ye_watchers_and_ye_holy_ones#worship-ideas). *[[Hymnary.org]]*. 2. Riley, Athelstan. (1906). ["The English Hymnal"](https://archive.org/details/theenglishhymnal00milfuoft). *Oxford University Press*. 3. ["Britten: The Company of Heaven"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/britten-the-company-of-heaven-mw0001850220). *[[AllMusic]]*. 4. Mitchican, Jonathan. (1 August 2013). ["Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones"](http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2013/08/01/praying-twice-ye-watchers-and-ye-holy-ones/). *The Living Church*. 5. Wilson, John. (Winter 1980). ["Treasure No 46: The Tune 'Lasst uns erfreuen' as we know it"](https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1981/01/12/treasure-no-46-the-tune-lasst-uns-erfreuen-as-we-know-it/). *Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Watchers_and_Ye_Holy_Ones) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Watchers_and_Ye_Holy_Ones?action=history). ::