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Text: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
Translator: | James Chadwick, 1813-1882 |
Tune: | GLORIA |
1 Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echo back 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 newborn King. [Refrain]
4 See him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Angels we have heard on high |
Title: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
Translator: | James Chadwick, 1813-1882 (alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Gloria, in excelis Deo! |
Meter: | 77 77 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Liturgical Year: Christmas (Days of); The Liturgical Year: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph; The Liturgical Year: Mary, the Holy Mother of God |
Source: | Trad. French carol, ca. 18th cent.; Tr.: Crown of Jesus Music, II, London, 1862 |
Notes: | Other translators also |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GLORIA |
Meter: | 77 77 with refrain |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Trad. French carol |