Angels We Have Heard On High

Words & Music:

Traditional French Carol

 

The lyricist & composer of this carol are unknown, although the tune is based on the French carol "Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes".  I am looking for a really nice arrangement of it for solo guitar.

 

D      F#m      A        D

Angels we have heard on high,

D   A   D       A         D

Sweetly singing o'er the plains,

Bm F#m  Bm        A     D

And the mountains in reply

D A D         A       D

Echoing their joyous strains.

 

CHORUS:

D B Em A D G A    D  A  D  G   D  A

Glo-----------ria in Excelsis Deo,

D B Em A D G A    D  A  D  G   D  A  D

Glo-----------ria in Excelsis De----o.

 

Shepherds, why this jubilee?

Why your joyful strains prolong?

Say what may the tidings be,

Which inspire your heav'nly song?

 

CHORUS:

 

Come to Bethlehem, and see

Him whose birth the angels sing;

Come, adore on bended knee

Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

 

CHORUS:

 

See within a manger laid:

Jesus, Lord of heav'n and earth!

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,

With us sing our Savior's birth.

 

CHORUS:

 



The provenance of the attached easy arrangement of this is unknown.  It is part of a collection that people gave me over the years.  Please inform me if correctly attribute it.




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