Lyrics Angels We Have Heard on High - Page CXVI

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ, whose birth the angels sing
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King

Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo

See Him in a manger laid
Whom the choirs of angels praise
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
While our hearts in love we raise

Gloria, Gloria
While our hearts in love we raise
In excelsis Deo
While our hearts in love we raise