
Author: Unknown; James Chadwick Hymnal: Timeless Truths #749 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Refrain First Line: Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Lyrics: 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 heav’nly song? [Refrain]
3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ 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 choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 2:13-14 Tune Title: GLORIA (BARNES)
Angels We Have Heard on High