Angels We Have Heard on High
GLORIA7.7.7.7 with refrain
Words: Traditional French carolTranslated by James Chadwick, 1862Music: GLORIA, Traditional French
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Words
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song?
Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
See Him in a manger laid,
Whom the choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.
Scripture
The Bible passages this hymn draws on, in the King James Version.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
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