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Text:Angels We Have Heard on High
Translator:H. F. Hemy
Tune:GLORIA
Arranger:Edward S. Barnes, 1887-1958

289. 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 heavenly 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]

Text Information
First Line: Angels we have heard on high
Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
Translator: H. F. Hemy
Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Meter: 7 7 7 7 and refrian
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Topic: Christmas
Source: French carol; The Crown of Thorns, tr.
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Arranger: Edward S. Barnes, 1887-1958
Meter: 7 7 7 7 and refrian
Key: F Major
Source: French carol



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