347: Angels We Have Heard on High
1 Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing 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 heav'nly 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)
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. (Refrain)
| Text information | |
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| First Line: | Angels we have heard on high |
| Title: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
| French Title: | Les anges dans nos campagnes |
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7 with refrain |
| Scripture: | Luke 2:13-18 |
| Topic: | Seasons and Feasts | Christmas Season; Seasons and Feasts | Mary, Mother of God; Angels |
| Source: | Crown of Jesus Music, London, 1862 (tr.); French. C. 18th C. |
| Language: | English; Latin |
| Refrain First Line: | Gloria, in excelsis Deo |
| Tune information | |
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| Tune name: | GLORIA |
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7 with refrain |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | French Traditional |
