1. Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains.
Verse 1:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Angels we have heard on high
sweetly singing o’er the plains.
And the mountains in reply,
Echo back their joyous strains.

2. ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Chorus:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo,
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo

3. Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong?
Verse 2:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heav’nly song?

4. ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Chorus:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo,
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo

5. Come to Bethlehem, come and see. Him whose birth the angels sing;
Verse 3:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Come to Bethlehem, come and see.
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Th’infant Christ, the new born King.

6. ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Chorus:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo,
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo

7. See within a manger laid, Jesus Lord of heav’n and earth!
Verse 4:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
See within a manger laid,
Jesus Lord of heav’n and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us, sing our Saviour’s birth.

8. ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Chorus:
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo,
Glo ria
in excelsis Deo