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Angels We have Heard on High

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Traditional French Melody
Translated by James Chadwick 1862
[Key: Db]

Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plain
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strain
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be?
Which inspire your heavenly songs?
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Verse 3
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!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

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Angels We Have Heard On High

Version 1.0, 6/3/2023

Verse 1
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Angels we have  
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heard on  
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Sweetly singing  
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And the mountains  
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Echoing their  
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joyous 
 
 
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strains.
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Verse 2
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Shepherds, 
 
 
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why this jubi
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lee?
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Why your  
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joyful strains  
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prolong?
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Say what may the  
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be,
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Which inspire  
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your 
 
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v’nly 
 
song?