angels we have heard on high

[Verse 1] Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o'er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. [Refrain] (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heavn'ly song? [Refrain] (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing. Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) [Instrumental] [Verse 4] See him in a manger laid, Whom the choirs of angels praise. Mary, Joseph, lend your aid While our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) (Gloria in excelsis Deo.) [Instrumental]