Angels We Have Heard On High

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?

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

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.

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Here is a nice arrangement of Angels We Have Heard performed by a large family group. This is the way the song is supposed to be sung. (The Irish brogues are optional, though.)