Angels We have Heard on High

Traditional French Melody

Translated by James Chadwick 1862

[Key: Db]


Verse 1

Angels we have heard on high

Sweetly singing o'er the plain

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strain

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!


Verse 2

Shepherds, why this jubilee?

Why your joyous strains prolong?

What the gladsome tidings be?

Which inspire your heavenly songs?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!


Verse 3

Come to Bethlehem and see

Christ Whose birth the angels sing;

Come, adore on bended knee,

Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!


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