w&m French Carol
additional lyrics & arrangement ©2008 Three Twelve
(http://threetwelve.net)

Angels we have heard on high, (we hear the angels)
sweetly singing o’er the plain, (across the valley)
and the mountains in reply (return the song by)
echoing their joyous strain. (We hear the angels singing:)

Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

See him in a manger laid,
whom the choirs of angels praise.
Sisters, brothers, come and lend your aid
while our hearts in love we raise! We sing:

Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

We who seek that child today
find a gift more precious than gold.
Leaving all our shame behind,
now we join the song of old:

Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!