Angels we have heard on high chords

Angels we have heard on high    (video)    (midi)




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1. Angels we have heard on high, singing sweetly through the night,

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    and the mountains in reply echoing their brave delight.



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Glo......................................ria,   in excelsis De...........o.



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2. Shepherds, why this jubilee ? Why these songs of happy cheer ?

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    What great brightness did you see ? What glad tiding did you hear ?



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3. Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing;

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    Come, adore on bended knee, Christ, the Lord, the new-born King.



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4. See him in a manger laid whom the angels praise above;

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    Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while we raise our hearts in love.



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(Chadwick / Barnes, 1862)