Our Great Redeemer's Praise ‎#191

191. 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 trains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
which inspire your heav'nly song? [Refrain]

3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ 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
• Refrain First Line: Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
• Meter: 77.77 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2022
• Scripture:
  Psalm 103:20-22
  ;
  Luke 2:1-20
• Topic: Jesus, Conceived and Born: Christmas
• Source: French carol; Trans.: Crown of Jesus, 1862, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Richard Torrans (2020)
• Meter: 77.77 with Refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: French carol melody
• Copyright: Arr. © 2020 Richard Torrans