Angels We Have Heard On High

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Angels we have heard on high
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Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
C#m A E
And the mountains in reply
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Echoing their joyous strains.

E C#m A B G#m A B E F#m G#m A C#m B

Glo - - - - - - - - - - - ria, in ex - cel - sis Deo!
E C#m A B G#m A B E F#m G#m A C#m B E
Glo - - - - - - - - - - - ria, in ex - cel - sis Deo!

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Shepherds, why this jubilee?
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Why your joyous strains prolong?
C#m A E
What the gladsome tidings be
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Which inspire your heavenly song?

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

Traditional French carol (Les Anges dans Nos Campagnes); translated from French to English
by James Chadwick in Crown of Jesus, 1862.