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188. Angels We Have Heard on High

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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?
Say, what may the tidings be
which inspire your heavenly 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: 2003
Scripture: ; ;
Source: French carol, 18th c.
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Meter: 7.7.7.7.Ref.
Key: F Major
Source: French carol, 18th c.
Copyright: Public Domain



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