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Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains, (Luke 2:13-14)
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Chorus
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! (Luke 2:14)
Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee? (Luke 2:20)
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav’nly song?
Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ whose birth the angels sing; (Luke 2:10-14, Heb. 1:6)
Come, adore on bended knee, (Matt. 2:11)
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Verse 4
See Him in a manger laid, (Luke 2:7)
Whom the choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.