Suddenly there was…a great company of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
Luke 2:13–14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will toward men.
Words: Anonymous, before 1923.
Music: Gloria French carol (🔊 pdf nwc). For a slightly different arrangement, see Angels We Have Heard on High.
If you know the author,
Hearken, all! what holy singing
Now is sounding from the sky!
’Tis a hymn with grandeur ringing,
Sung by voices clear and high.
Refrain
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
On the plain, the simple shepherds
Watched their flocks the long night through;
From on high they heard the voices,
Sounding through the heav’nly blue.
Refrain
See, within the manger lowly,
Wide the Christ Child spreads His arms.
Raise to Him your joyful voices,
Sing we all Noel, Noel.
Refrain