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93. Angels We Have Heard on High (Ángeles cantando están)

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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?
What the gladsome 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]

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1 Ángeles cantando están
tan dulcísimo canción;
las montañas su eco dan
como fiel contestación.

Estribillo:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2 Los pastores sin cesar
sus loores dan a Dios;
cuán glorioso es el cantar
de su melodiosa voz. [Estribillo]

3 ¡Oh! venid pronto a Belén
para contemplar con fe
a Jesús, autor del bien,
al recién nacido Rey. [Estribillo]

Text Information
First Line: Angels we have heard on high (Ángeles cantando están)
Title: Angels We Have Heard on High (Ángeles cantando están)
French Title: Le anges dans nos campagnes
Translator: George P. Simmonds, 1890-1991
Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
Language: English; Spanish
Publication Date: 2019
Scripture:
Topic: Año Cristiano: Navidad; Christian Year: Christmas; Gloria in Excelsis Deo (2 more...)
Source: French, c. 18th c.; English tr.: Crown of Jesus Music, London, 1862
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: French traditional



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