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Angels We Have
Heard On High
Luke
2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace,
goodwill toward men!"
Words:
Traditional French carol (Les Anges dans nos
Campagnes). Translated from French to English by James
Chadwick (1813-1882); appeared in Crown of Jesus, 1862.
Music:
“Gloria (Barnes),” French carol melody; arranged by Edward S. Barnes.
A different arrangement is used by Hearken, All! What
Holy Singing.
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly
singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous
strains.
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 heavenly song?
Gloria, in
excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Come to Bethlehem and
see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended
knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria, in excelsis
Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis 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 excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
An alternate translation, by George Ratcliffe Woodward
(1848-1934):
Shepherds in the field abiding,
Tell us when the seraph
bright
Greeted you with wondrous tiding,
What you saw and heard that
night.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
We
beheld—it is no fable—
God incarnate, King of bliss,
Swathed and cradled
in a stable,
And the angel strain was this:
Gloria, in excelsis
Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Choristers on high were
singing
Jesus and His virgin birth,
Heavenly bells the while
a-ringing
“Peace, good will to men on earth.”
Gloria, in excelsis
Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
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