Angels We Have Heard On High lyrics by James Montgomery in 1816 and music by Henry Smart.
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)