1. Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing through the night, and the mountains in reply echoing their brave delight. Gloria in excelsis Deo.
[Sing to the Lord 239]

2. Why these songs of happy cheer? What great brightness did you see?
2. Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

3. him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee
3. Come to Bethlehem and see
him whose birth the angels sing;
come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Sing to the Lord 239
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Text: French carol; tr. Crown of Jesus Music, 1862, alt.
Tune: French melody; arr. Edward S. Barnes, 1937, alt.