Supplement
“Awake! ye, awake.”
Awake ye, awake!
- p. 18
- Key C major
- Singing key B♭ major
- Time 2/4
- 2 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenMillennial Harp (1843), Supplement («SUPPLEMENT TO THE HARP.»), printed pp. 18–19 (PDF 310–311). Three
systems of three staves on p. 18 and the fourth system on p. 19, followed by stanza 2 in verse. Three unlabelled
staves: the tune is the top staff, with the words printed directly under it; C major, 2/4. Stanza 1 is printed
interlinear with the number «1.» (one line of words per system); stanza 2 is printed as verse on p. 19 under a
centred «2». No metre, author or composer printed.
Awake ye, awake!
For the midnight cry is sounding,
Awake ye, awake!
For behold the Bridegroom cometh!
Awake ye, awake!
Let your lamps be trim’d and burning!
Awake, ye, awake!
awake, awake!
2
Rejoice ye, rejoice!
For the night is now departing;
Rejoice ye, rejoice !
For behold the Bridegroom cometh;
Rejoice ye, rejoice!
For Redemption draweth nigh;
Rejoice ye, rejoice!
Rejoice, for joy!
About this hymn
- Source
- Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
- Where
- Supplement · printed page 18
- Checked
- score verified · 2026-09-23