Trinity Psalter Hymnal ‎#318

318. 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]

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: 7.7.7.7.ref.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:7-20
• Topic: Angels; Christ: Birth of; Joy
• Source: Traditional French carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Edward Shippen Barnes (1937)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.ref.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Traditional French melody