Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains. And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Shepherd, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be, which inspire your heavenly song? Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Angels we have heard on high, in excelsis Deo. Angels we have heard on high, in excelsis Deo. See Him in the manger laid, Jesus Lord of heaven and earth. Then rejoice and lend your aid, with us sing our Savior's birth. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Angels we have heard on high, in excelsis Deo.