Angels We Have Heard On High

Angels we have heard on high,  Sweetly singing o'er the plains And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. 
Gloria, In Excelsius Deo 

Shepherd why this jubilee, 
Why your joyous strains prolong  What the gladsome tidings be,
Which inspire your heavenly song?   
Gloria, In Excelsius Deo 

  Come to Bethlehem and see,
Him whose birth the angels sing Come adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord the newborn king.   
Gloria, In Excelsius Deo 
See him in a manger laid, 
Whom the choirs of angels praise Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise. 
Gloria, In Excelsius Deo