Shaker Letteral Notation

"Thou holy watcher, God most high"

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 c a a a c a ag g 
 Thou ho ly wat-cher, God most high,
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 g c d e dc c c 
 Who dost not sleep nor slum-ber
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 g g
 g c d e e d
 But al-ways keeps a Fa- ther's eye
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 g c d e dc c c
 U-pon thy cho-sen num-ber.
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 g 
 c. d e ed c c c ef 
 Be- fore thy throne I hum-bly pray,
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 g ab c a ag g g
 Be-seech-ing thou wouldst hear me,
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 g g
 c d d e e d
 Since of-ten I'm com-pelled to say,
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 g c d e dc c c 
 Pro-tect the flock that fear thee.

Transcribed by Joel Cohen in May 1994
from A Sacred Repository of Anthems and Hymns (Canterbury, N.H., 1852)