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Angels we have heard on high 
Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er our plains, and the mountains in reply echo still their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your rapturous strain prolong? Say, what may your tidings be, Which inspire your heavenly song. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
Come to Bethlehem and see him whose birth the angels sing: come, adore on bended knee the infant Christ, the new-born king. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
See within a manger laid, Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth! Mary, Joseph, lend your aid to celebrate our Savior's birth. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
French, trans. James Chadwick (1813-1882) 
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