Angels We Have Heard on High

Words and music by Traditional French carol · tr. James Chadwick · 1862

Key of F · 96 BPM · 4/4 · Christmas,Praise · Luke 2:13-14

Verse 1

Angels we have heard on high,
sweetly singing o'er the plains,
and the mountains in reply,
echoing their joyous strains.

Chorus

Gloria in excelsis Deo,
gloria in excelsis Deo.

Verse 2

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains
prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which
inspire your heav'nly song? Gloria, in excelsis
Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Verse 3

Come to Bethlehem and see Christ Whose birth
the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria, in
excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Verse 4

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, in
excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

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