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!

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Refrain

Information

sequence from the Cyber Hymnal
info from the Cyber Hymnal

Words: Traditional French carol, "Les Anges dans nos Campagnes."
Translated from French to English by James Chadwick (1813-1882);
appeared in Crown of Jesus, 1862.