Angels We Have Heard on High

1Angels we have heard on high,
Singing sweetly through the night,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brave delight.

RefrainGloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What glad tidings did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?

3Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.

4See Him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love.