154 | Chalice Hymnal#155 | 156 |
Text: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
Tune: | GLORIA |
Arranger: | Edward Shippen Barnes |
Composer (Descant): | Richard E. Gerig |
Harmonizer: | Austin C. Lovelace |
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 heavenly song? [Refrain]
3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ, who comes in lowly birth.
Come, adore on bended knee
Jesus, joy of heav'n and earth. [Refrain]
4 See within a manger laid,
Christ, whom choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
while our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Angels we have heard on high |
Title: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
Meter: | 77.77 w. refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God Known in Jesus Christ: Birth; Christian Year: Christmas; Descants(3 more...) |
Source: | Traditional French Carol; tr. Crown of Jesus, 1862, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GLORIA |
Arranger: | Edward Shippen Barnes (1937) |
Harmonizer: | Austin C. Lovelace (1964, alt.) |
Composer (Descant): | Richard E. Gerig (1956) |
Meter: | 77.77 w. refrain |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1964 The United Methodist Publishing House; Desc. © 1979 Hope Publishing Co. |