Community of Christ Sings ‎#427

427. Angels We Have Heard on High

Would you like to download or print this congregational reprint file?
If you have an active "reprint" license with ONE LICENSE, you can download a printable version of this congregational reprint file at no extra cost.

Obtain Reprint Permission and Download from ONE LICENSE

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, our 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: 7.7.7.7. and refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Topic: Christmas; Joy
• Source: French carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Austin C. Lovelace, 1919-2009
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. and refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: French carol
• Copyright: Arr. © 1964 Abingdon Press (admin. The Copyright Company)