Charles H. Giffen - Angels we have heard on high - текст песни (слова)

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!
 
 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
 Why your joyous strains prolong?
 What the gladsome tidings be
 Which inspire your heavenly song?
 Refrain
 
 Come to Bethlehem and see
 Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
 Come, adore on bended knee,
 Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
 Refrain
 
 See Him in a manger laid,
 Whom the choirs of angels praise;
 Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
 While our hearts in love we raise.
 Refrain