Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high

Sweetly sing­ing o’er the plains

And the mount­ains in re­ply

Echoing their joy­ous strains.

Gloria

in ex­cel­sis Deo!

Gloria

in ex­cel­sis Deo!

Shepherds

why this ju­bi­lee?

Why your joy­ous strains pro­long?

What the glad­some tid­ings be

Which in­spire your heav’n­ly song?

Come to Beth­le­hem and see

Christ whose birth the an­gels sing;

Come

adore on bend­ed knee

Christ the Lord

the new­born King.

See Him in a man­ger laid

Whom the choirs of an­gels praise;

Mary

Jo­seph

lend your aid

While our hearts in love we raise.