The Celebration Hymnal ‎#278

278. 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?
Say what may the 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 new-born King. [Refrain]

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

(Optional ending)
Glory to God! Glory to God! Glory to God!

Text Information

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Topic: Christ: Birth
• Source: Traditional French carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger (Choral ending): Ken Barker
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Refrain
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Arr. ⓒ Copyright 1997 by Integrity's Hosanna! Music and Word Music (a div. of WORD MUSIC)
• Notes: Optional choral ending