Say, watchman, what of the night? - Sullivan, Arthur

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"according to the composer's footnote intended to be sung in F#, but notated a semitone lower for convenience."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB|add=with divisi in all parts

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range D2 – A5

¶ Language → English

Measures 96

Texture mixed texture

Parts 9

Instruments Organ (mostly colla parte)

Pages 6

CPDL # 21989

Editor James Gibb

Posted 2010-07-20

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

B-3 – A5

Alto

G3 – D5

Tenor

D3 – G4

Bass

G2 – D4

Organ

D2 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

Say, watchman, what of the night? Do the dews of the morning fall? Have the orient skies a border of light, Like the fringe of a fun'ral pall? The night is fast waning on high, And soon shall the darkness flee; And the morn shall spread o'er the blushing sky, And bright shall its glories be. But, watchman, what of the night, When sorrow and pain are mine, And the pleasures of life, so sweet and bright, No longer around me shine? That night of sorrow thy soul May surely prepare to meet; But away shall the clouds of thy heaviness roll, And the morning of joy be sweet. But, watchman, what of the night, When the arrow of death is sped, And the grave, which no glimm'ring star can light, Shall be my sleeping bed? That night is near, and the cheerless tomb Shall keep thy body in store Till the morn of eternity rise on the gloom, And night shall be no more.