1 Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echo back their joyous strains.

Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2 Shepherd, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be,
Which inspire your heavenly song. [Refrain]

3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come adore on bended knee,
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain}