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'''Published:''' {{NoComp|The Continental Harmony|William Billings}}, 1794
'''Published:''' {{NoComp|The Continental Harmony|William Billings}}, 1794


'''Description:'''  
'''Description:''' Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Lyric Poems, Book I.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  

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General Information

Title: Ye slumb'ring saints, a heav'nly host
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Great-Plain
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: The Continental Harmony, 1794

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Lyric Poems, Book I.

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Original text and translations

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Ye slumb’ring saints, a heav’nly host
stands waiting at your gaping tombs;
let ev’ry sacred sleeping dust
leap into life for Jesus comes.