Angels We Have Heard On High Lyrics to the Christmas Song below - based on a traditional French carol 'Les Anges dans nos Campagneswas' and was translated by James Chadwick in 1862.
This is a traditional Christmas Carol based on the Nativity Story. This song is similar in nature to the Christmas song "Angels from the Realms of Glory". It speaks of Angels signing in celebration of the Christ child's birth and calls on the Shepherds to find the infant in a manger and join in the celebration. In addition to the Nativity Symbols of Angels and Shepherds, the light of Star of David is also mentioned.
Angels we have heard on hlgh,
Singing sweetly through the night,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brave delight.
Chorus:
Gloria in excelsis Deo. (x2)
Shepherds, why this jubilee
Why these songs of happy cheer
What great brightness did you see
What glad tiding did you hear.
(Chorus)
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
(Chorus)
See him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love.
(Chorus)
Lyrics to "Angels we Have Heard on High"