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Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Angels We Have Heard on High 

“203: Angels We Have Heard on High,” Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, no. 203

Joyfully

1. Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.

[Chorus]
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2. Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav’nly song?

3. Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Text: French carol, ca. 1862

Music: French carol

Luke 2:8–20

Psalm 95:6

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