Words & music: traditional French carol

Tune: GLORIA

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verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echo back their joyous strains.

refrain
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

verse 4
See within a manger laid,
Jesus, Lord of heav’n and earth.
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior’s birth.