Christian Worship ‎#346

346. 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]

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: 77 77 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2021
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:7-20
• Topic: Christmas
• Source: French; Tr.: The Crown of Jesus, Part 2, 1862, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Edward S. Barnes, 1887-1958
• Meter: 77 77 with refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: French
• Copyright: Public Domain