Baptist Hymnal 2008 ‎#184

184. Angels We Have Heard on High

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

Chorus:
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

2 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song? [Chorus]

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

4 See within a manger laid
Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior's birth. [Chorus]

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 Chorus
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2008
• Topic: Jesus, Birth; Praise, Adoration, Worship, Exaltation of Jesus
• Source: Traditional French Carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger (last stanza setting and choral ending): David Huntsinger
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Chorus
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Arr. © Copyright 2008 Van Ness Press, Inc. (ASCAP) (admin. by LifeWay Worship). All rights reserved.