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197. Angels we have heard on high

Text Information
First Line: Angels we have heard on high
Title: Angels we have heard on high
Author: Unknown
Translator: Unknown
Alterer: Earl Marlatt
Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Source: Nouveau Recueil de Cantiques, 1855; New Church Hymnal, 1937
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Meter: 77. 77 with refrain
Key: F Major
Source: Traditional French carol, Nouveau Recueil de Cantiques, 1855



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