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!...