The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#23

23. 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?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Text Information

• 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 excelsis Deo
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:8-14
• Source: French carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Edward Shippen Barnes (1937)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: French carol melody
• Copyright: Music: Copyright © 1937, renewed 1965, Fleming H. Revell Compny, H. Augustine Smith, Jr., from the New Church Hymnal. All rights reserved. Used by permission.