- Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strain.
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 joyous song. - Come to Bethlehem, and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the new-born King. - See Him in a manger laid
Whom the choirs of angels praise!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
While our hearts in love we raise.