Angels We Have Heard on High- 155

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!

Shepherd, why this jubilee?

Why your joyous strains prolong?

What the gladsome ridings be

which inspire your heav’nly song?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Come to Bethlehem and see

Christ, who comes in lowly birth.

Come adore on bended knee

Jesus, joy of heav’n and earth.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

See within a manger laid,

Christ, whom choirs of angels praise;

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,

while our hearts in love we raise.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!