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| Text: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
| Translator: | John White Chadwick, 1840-1904 |
| Tune: | IRIS |
| Harmonizer: | Godfrey Ridout |
1 Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plain;
And the mountains, in reply,
Echoing their joyous strain:
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, our Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Angels we have heard on high |
| Title: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
| French Title: | Les anges dans nos campagnes |
| Translator: | John White Chadwick, 1840-1904 |
| Refrain First Line: | Gloria in excelsis Deo |
| Meter: | 87 87 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1994 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Christmas |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | IRIS |
| Harmonizer: | Godfrey Ridout (1971) |
| Meter: | 87 87 with refrain |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | French traditional |
| Copyright: | Harm. used with permission |
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