With Heart and Voice ‎#79

79. Angels We Have Heard on High

1 Angels we have heard on high,
singing sweetly through the night,
and the mountains in reply,
echoing their brave delight.

Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear? [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]

1 Les anges dans nos campagnes,
ont entonn‚ l'hymne des cieux,
et l'écho de nos montagnes,
redit ce chant mélodieux. [Refrain]

2 Bergers, pour qui cette fête?
Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants?
Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête
mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain]

3 Cherchons tous l'heureux village
qui l'a vu naître sous ses toits;
offronslui le tendre hommage
et de nos coeurs et de nos voix! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high (Les anges dans nos campagnes)
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• French Title: Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes
• Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
• Meter: 77 77 with refrain
• Language: English; French
• Publication Date: 1989
• Topic: The Church Year: Christmas
• Source: French, 18th cent.; Tr. Crown of Jesus Music, 1862, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Edward S. Barnes (1937)
• Meter: 77 77 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: French, 18th century