Lutheran Service Book ‎#368

368. 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?
What the gladsome 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]

Text Information

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• Meter: 77 77 and refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:7-20
• Source: French; The Crown of Jesus, Part 2, London, 1862, alt. (Tr.)

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Edward S. Barnes, 1887-1958
• Meter: 77 77 and refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: French