Traditional French Carol, public domain;
trans: James Chadwick, 1862; original melody from hymn Gloria,
public domain; arran: Edward Shippen Barnes, 1887-1958;
new arran: Copyright 2009 Tyler Somers (BMI), One Eyed Cat Music (BMI)
angels we have heard on high
sweetly singing o’er the plains,
and the mountains in reply
echoing their joyous strains.
shepherds, why this jubilee?
why your joyous strains prolong?
what the gladsome tidings be
which inspire your heavenly song?
come to Bethlehem and see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
gloria, in excelsis deo! (Glory to God in the Highest)
gloria, in excelsis deo!
