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Angels We Have Heard On High
Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high,
Singing sweetly through the night,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brave delight.
Singing sweetly through the night,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brave delight.
Refrain
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?
Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Verse 4
See Him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love.
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love.
A Christmas carol celebrating the angels' proclamation of Christ's birth with the Latin refrain 'Gloria.'