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1.Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cheru-bim, and thrones,
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raise the glad strain, Al-le-lu-ia!
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Cry out, do-min-ions, prince-doms, powers, vir-tues, arch-angels, angels' choirs:
Refrain: (after each verse)
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Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu---ia!
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2. O higher than the cheru-bim, more glorious than the sera-phim,
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lead their prais-es, Al-le-lu-ia!
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Thou bearer of th'e-te-nal Word, most gracious, mag-ni-fy the Lord:
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3. Respond, ye souls in endless rest, ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
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Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
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Ye holy twelve, ye mar-tyrs strong, all saints tri-um-phant, raise the song:
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4. O friends, in gladness let us sing, supernal anthems echo-ing,
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Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
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To God the Fa-ther, God the Son, and God the Spir-it, Three in One:
(This song uses the same tune as 'All Creatures of Our God and King')