Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high - Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply - Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! - Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be - Which inspire your heavenly song? Come to Bethlehem and see - Christ Whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, - Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

See Him in a manger laid, Whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise.