Verse one
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Angels we have heard on high
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Sweetly singing o'er the plains
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And the mountains in reply
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Echoing their joyous strains.
Verse two
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Shepherds, why this jubilee
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Why your joyous strains prolong
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What the gladsome tidings be
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Which inspire your heavenly song
Refrain one
E/G# A E/G# B E F#m A B (Turn) E B G#m A
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Verse three
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Come to Bethlehem and see
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Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
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Come, adore on bended knee,
E B E (E B G#m A)
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
Refrain two
E/G# A E/G# B E F#m A B
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
E/G# A E B F#m C#m A B E (Turn) E B G#m A E B G#m A
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Verse four
E B E
See Him in a manger laid
E B E
Jesus Lord of Heaven and earth
E B E
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
E B E (E B G#m A)
With the singing of Saviour's birth
Refrain three
E/G# A E/G# B E F#m A B
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
E/G# A E B E F#m A B
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
E C#m A B E F#m A B E B E B
in excelsis Deo, in excelsis Deo