Great-Plain (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-20). Score information: Letter (landscape), 2 pages, 54 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
- Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-13). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 86 kB Copyright: Personal
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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: Sacred, Hymn
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
English text
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.