Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Eight now sounds on the belfry bell!
Eight souls alone from death were kept
When God the earth with the Deluge swept.

CHORUS
Human watch from harm can’t ward us:
God will watch and God will guard us;
He, through His eternal might,
Grant us all a blessed night!

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Nine now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Nine lepers cleansed returned not:
Be not thy blessings, O man, forgot!

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Ten now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Ten are the holy commandments given
To man below from God in heaven.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Eleven now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Eleven apostles of holy mind,
Proclaimed the gospel to mankind.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Twelve now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Twelve disciples to Jesus came,
Who suffered reproach for the Saviour’s name.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
One now sounds on the belfry-bell!
One God above; one Lord, indeed,
Who ever protects in the hour of need.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Two now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Two paths before mankind are free:
Be sure and choose the best for thee.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Three now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Threefold reigns the heavenly Host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Hark! ye neighbors, and hear me tell:
Four now sounds on the belfry-bell!
Four seasons crown the farmer’s care:
Thy heart with equal toil prepare.

CHORUS—Human watch, etc.

Up now! Awake! nor slumber on;
The morn approaches—night is gone.
Thank God, who by His love and might
Has watched and kept us through the night.
Rouse to the duties of the day,
And serve Him faithfully all the way.