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?
Say what may the tidings be
which inspire your heavenly song?
3 Come to Bethlehem and see
hwhose birth the angels sing;
come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
