RitualSong (2nd ed.) ‎#524

524. Angels We Have Heard on High

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 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; Latin
• Publication Date: 2016
• Topic: Christmas
• Source: Tr. from Crown of Jesus Music, London, 1862; French carol, c. 18th C.

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: French carol