The Cyber Hymnal ‎#627

627. Bright Angel Hosts Are Heard on High

1. Bright angel hosts are heard on high
All sweetly singing o’er the plains;
While mountains echo in reply
The burden of their joyous strains.

2. Say, shepherds, why this jubilee,
What doth your rapturous mirth prolong?
Say, say what may the tidings be
Which still inspire that heav’nly song?

3. Come, come to Bethlehem, come and see
The Child whose birth the angels sing;
Come, come, adore on bended knee
The Infant Christ, the newborn King!

4. See, there within a manger laid
Jesus, the Lord of Heav’n and earth!
See, saints and angels lend their aid
To celebrate the Savior’s birth!

Text Information

• First Line: Bright angel hosts are heard on high
• Title: Bright Angel Hosts Are Heard on High
• French Title: Les Anges dans Nos Campagnes
• Adapter: Richard R. Chope
• Translator (from French to Cornish): Anonymous
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Carols, 1875
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GRAND ISLAND
• Composer: Anonymous
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 13154 34321 71153
• Key: C Major
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 7
• Copyright: Public Domain