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MAJESTY AND POWER OF GOD
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
LASST UNS ERFREUEN 8.8.8.8.8. Alleluias
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, Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
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.
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.

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!

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.

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.


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   Athelstan Riley, 1906 (1858-1945) Words and music from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press. Geistliche Kirchengesange, Koln, 1623   
Arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)