Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#30

30. 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 heavn'ly 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

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• French Title: Les anges, dans nos campagnes
• Translator: James Chadwick (1860)
• Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 1:5-6
  ;
  Luke 2:8-14
• Topic: Christmas
• Source: Choix de cantiques sur des airs nouveaux, 1842
• Notes: French carol, “Les anges, dans nos campagnes,” from Choix de cantiques sur des airs nouveaux (1842), tr. by James Chadwick, from The Holy Family Hymns (1860), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: Charles Hutchins (1891)
• Reviser: E.S. Barnes (1937)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
• Incipit: 33355 43323 5321
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune GLORIA from Choix de cantiques sur des airs nouveaux (1842), arr. by Charles Hutchins, from The Parish Choir (1891), rev. by E.S. Barnes (1937).