1 Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plain;
And the mountains, in reply,
Echoing their joyous strain:

Refrain:
Gloria, in excelsis Deo.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo.

2 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say, what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song? [Refrain]

3 Come to Bethlehem, and see
him, whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, our Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain]