Songs for Life ‎#133

133. Angels We Have Heard on High

1 Angels we have heard on high,
sweetly singing through the night,
and the mountains in reply
echoing their brave delight.

Refrain:
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 tiding did you hear? (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)

4 See him in a manger laid
whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
while we raise our hearts in love. (Refrain)

Text Information

• First Line: Angels, we have heard on high
• Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
• Translator: James Chadwick
• Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
• Meter: 77 77 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:8-20
• Topic: Singing God's Story: Christmas / Birth of Christ; French
• Source: French carol

Tune Information

• Name: GLORIA
• Meter: 77 77 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: French carol melody