(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith)
1
Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains, in reply, Echoing their joyous strains.
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Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
2
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tiding be Which inspire your heav’nly song?
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3
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
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4
See Him in a manger laid, Jesus, Lord of heav’n and earth;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, With us sing our Savior’s birth.
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