Angels we have on heard high Sweetly singing ore the plains And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What glad thing, what glad thing came to be What inspires your heavenly song? Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Deo, Deo, Deo Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing Come adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, Christ, the Lord Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Deo, Deo, Deo Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Deo, Deo, Deo Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo