Angels we have heard on high,

Sweetly singing o'er the plains

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strains.

Gloria...

cho: Gloria, In Excelsius Deo

Shepherd why this jubilee,

Why your joyous strains prolong

What the gladsome tidings be,

Which inspire your heavenly song?

Come to Bethlehem and see,

Him whose birth the angels sing

Come adore on bended knee,

Christ the Lord the newborn king.

See him in a manger laid,

Whom the choirs of angels praise

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,

While our hearts in love we raise