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<h2>ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;A great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, &#8216;Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men, on whom His favor rests.&#8217;&#8221; Luke 2:13-14</h3></p>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_a_barnes_es.jpg" alt="Edwin Shippen Barnes (1887-1958)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="133.333333333333" height="170.666666666667"><em>Words:</em> Traditional French carol (<em>Les Anges dans nos Campagnes</em>). Translated from French to English by James Chadwick (1813-1882); appeared in <em>Crown of Jesus</em>, 1862.</p>
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<p>Angels we have heard on high<br>
Sweetly singing o&#8217;er the plains,<br>
And the mountains in reply<br>
Echoing their joyous strains.</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
<p class="refrain">Gloria, in excelsis Deo!<br>
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
<p>Shepherds, why this jubilee?<br>
Why your joyous strains prolong?<br>
What the gladsome tidings be<br>
Which inspire your heavenly song?</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
<p>Come to Bethlehem and see<br>
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;<br>
Come, adore on bended knee,<br>
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
<p>See Him in a manger laid,<br>
Whom the choirs of angels praise;<br>
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,<br>
While our hearts in love we raise.</p>
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<p><em>An alternate translation, by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934):</em></p>
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<p>Shepherds in the field abiding,<br>
Tell us when the seraph bright<br>
Greeted you with wondrous tiding,<br>
What you saw and heard that night.</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
<p>We beheld&#8212;it is no fable&#8212;<br>
God incarnate, King of bliss,<br>
Swathed and cradled in a stable,<br>
And the angel strain was this:</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
<p>Choristers on high were singing<br>
Jesus and His virgin birth,<br>
Heavenly bells the while a-ringing<br>
&#8220;Peace, good will to men on earth.&#8221;</p>
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