Tempo: Joyously Origin: French
4 verses (click on play in the right column to hear the song)
Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing on the plain
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Refrain
Glo - - - - - - - - - ria
in excelsius deo
Shepherds why this jubilee?
Why your joyful strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song?
Refrain
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Refrain
See Him in a manger laid
Whom the choir of angels praise;
Holy Spirit lend thine aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.
Refrain
Lyrics and sheet music from The Family Book of Christmas Songs & Stories by Jim Charlton & Jason Shulman. 1979
Music mp3 instrumental played by Ross Silke. 2012