Hymns for Youth ‎#70

70. 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.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2. Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

3. Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn king.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Text Information

• First Line: Angels we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• Refrain First Line: Gloria
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966
• Notes: Traditional French Carol, altered

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Arranger: James Harris
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with Refrain
• Incipit: 33355 43323 5321
• Source: French carol melody
• Copyright: Arrangement from Making Music Your Own, Book 6, Teacher's Edition, copyright 1965, Silver Burdett Co. Used with permission.