Text: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
Author: | Earl Marlatt, 1892-1940 |
Tune: | GLORIA |
1 Angels we have heard on high
sweetly singing o'er the plains
and the mountains in reply
echoing their joyous strains.
Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
2 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear? [Refrain]
3 See him in a manger laid
who the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
while we raise our hearts in love. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Angels we have heard on high |
Title: | Angels We Have Heard on High |
Author: | Earl Marlatt, 1892-1940 |
Refrain First Line: | Gloria in excelsis Deo |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Jewish and Christian Teachings: Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GLORIA |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. with refrain |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | French carol, 1855 |