Angels we have heard on highSweetly singing over the plainsAnd the mountains in reply,Echoing their joyous strains.Glo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oGlo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oShepherds, why this Jubilee?Why your joyous strains prolong?What the gladsome tidings beWhich inspire your heavenly song?Glo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oGlo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oCome to Bethlehem and seeHim whose birth the angels sing;Come, adore on bended kneeChrist, the Lord,The newborn KingGlo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oGlo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oSee Him in a manger laidJesus, Lord of heaven and earth!Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,With us sing our Savior’s birth.Glo-ori-aIn excelsis de-oGlo-ori-aIn excelsis de-o