Gather Comprehensive ‎#347

347. 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?
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 choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise. (Refrain)

Text Information

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• French Title: Les anges dans nos campagnes
• Refrain First Line: Gloria, in excelsis Deo
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1994
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:13-18
• Source: French. C. 18th C.; Crown of Jesus Music, London, 1862 (tr.)

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: French Traditional