Angels We Have Heard on High
(Traditional French carol; translated by James Chadwick)
Angels we have heard on high,
Singing sweetly 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
Him whose birth the angels sing.
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Refrain
See within a manger laid
Jesus, Lord of heav'n and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid;
With us sing our Savior's birth.
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