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 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heav'nly song Gloria In excelsis Deo Gloria In excelsis Deo 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 you aid While our hearts in love we raise