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191. Angels We Have Heard on High

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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 trains 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]

Text Information
First Line: Angels we have heard on high
Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
Refrain First Line: Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Meter: 77.77 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2022
Scripture: ;
Topic: Jesus, Conceived and Born: Christmas
Source: French carol; Trans.: Crown of Jesus, 1862, alt.
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Arranger: Richard Torrans (2020)
Meter: 77.77 with Refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: French carol melody
Copyright: Arr. © 2020 Richard Torrans



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