Baptist Hymnal 1991 ‎#100

100. Angels We Have Heard on High

1. Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains:
And the mountains in reply,
Echoing their joyous strains.

Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

2. Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song? [Refrain]

3. Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord the newborn King.[Refrain]

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

Text Information

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1991
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:13
• Source: Traditional French carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Warren M. Angell
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: Traditional French carol