Page:The Army and Navy Hymnal.djvu/71

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

NATIVITY

\version "2.16.2" \header { tagline = ##f title = \markup { "45" " " "Watchman, Tell Us of the Night" } subsubtitle = "(WATCHMAN. 7,7,7,7,D.)" composer = "Lowell Mason, 1830" poet = "John Bowring, 1825" } \score { << << \new Staff \with {midiInstrument = #"flute"} { \key d \major \time 6/8 \relative d' { << { d4 } \\ { d } >> <e d>8 <fis d>4 <e d>8 | <fis d>4 <g d>8 <a d,>4. | q4 <fis d>8 <a d,>4 <b d,>8 | <a d,>4 <fis d>8 <e cis>4. | %end of line 1 << { d4 } \\ { d } >> <e d>8 <fis d>4 <e d>8 | <fis d>4 <g d>8 <a d,>4. | <d d,>4 <b d,>8 <a d,>4 <e d>8 | <fis d>4 <e cis>8 << { d4. } \\ { d } >> | %end of line 2 <a' d,>4 <fis d>8 <d' d,>4 <b d,>8 | <a d,>4 <fis d>8 <d' d,>4. | <a d,>4 <fis d>8 <d' fis,>4 <b fis>8 | <cis e,>4 <b d,>8 <a cis,>4. | % end of line 3 <fis d>4 <e cis>8 << { d4 } \\ { d } >> <e d>8 | <fis d>4 <g d>8 <a d,>4. | <d d,>4 <b d,>8 <a d,>4 <e d>8 | <fis d>4 <e cis>8 << { d4. } \\ { d } >> \bar "|." <g d>2. | <fis d> \bar ".." } } \new Staff \with {midiInstrument = #"flute"} { \clef bass \key d \major \relative d { <d fis>4 <d g>8 <d a'>4 <d g>8 | <d a'>4 <d e>8 <d fis>4. | q4 <d a'>8 <d fis>4 <d g>8 | <d fis>4 <fis a>8 << { a4. } \\ { a } >> | %end of line 1 <fis d>4 <d g>8 <d a'>4 <d g>8 | <d a'>4 <d e>8 <d fis>4. | <fis a>4 << { g8 } \\ { g } >> <fis a>4 <g b>8 | << { a4 } \\ { a } >> <g a,>8 <d fis>4. | %end of line 2 q4 <d a'>8 <d fis>4 <d g>8 | <d fis>4 <d a'>8 <d fis>4. | q4 <d a'>8 <b b'>4 <d fis>8 | <e a>4 <e gis>8 <a, a'>4. | %end of line 3 <d a'>4 <d g>8 <d fis>4 <d g>8 | <d a'>4 <d e>8 <d fis>4. | <fis a>4 << { g8 } \\ { g } >> <fis a>4 <g b>8 | << { a4 } \\ { a } >> <g a,>8 <fis d>4. | <b g,>2. <a d,> } } >> >> \layout { indent = #0 } \midi { \tempo 8 = 76 } }


  1. Watchman, tell us of the night,
    What its signs of promise are:
    Trav'ler, o'er yon mountain's height,
    See that glory-beaming star;
    Watchman, doth its beauteous ray
    Aught of joy or hope foretell?
    Trav'ler, yes; it brings the day,
    Promised day of Israel.
  2. Watchman, tell us of the night,
    Higher yet that star ascends;
    Trav'ler, blessedness and light,
    Peace and truth, its course portends.
    Watchman, will its beams alone
    Gild the spot that gave them birth?
    Trav'ler, ages are its own,
    See, it bursts o'er all the earth.
  3. Watchman, tell us of the night,
    For the morning seems to dawn:
    Trav'ler, darkness takes its flight,
    Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
    Watchman, let thy wan-d'rings cease;
    Hie thee to thy quiet home:
    Trav'ler, lo, the Prince of Peace,
    Lo, the Son of God is come.
    A - men.

40

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/71&oldid=11525765"