Shaker Letteral Notation

"Thou holy watcher, God most high"


  2    4  4  4   4     4   88   4     
  c    a  a  a   c     a   ag   g   
  Thou ho ly wat-cher, God most high,

  4   4    4   4     88  2    4
  g   c    d   e     dc  c    c 
  Who dost not sleep nor slum-ber

  4    4 4    4     4 4    4      4
                    g g
  g    c d    e            e      d
  But al-ways keeps a Fa- ther's eye


  4 4   4   4   88  2   2
  g c   d   e   dc  c   c
  U-pon thy cho-sen num-ber.


  4  8 4    88  4      4  4  88  4   
                                 g 
  c. d e    ed  c      c c   ef   
  Be-  fore thy throne I hum-bly pray,

  4  88    4   4    88      2    4 
  g  ab    c   a    ag      g    g

  Be-seech-ing thou wouldst hear me,

  4     4  4   4   4   4      4  4 
                   g   g
  c     d  d   e              e  d
  Since of-ten I'm com-pelled to say,

  4   4    4   4     88   2    2
  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)