Shepherds, Why This Jubilee?
This is a very ancient hymn originally from France--a hint of Latin in the chorus-- the language of the Christian church long before and after there grew the French, Italian and Spanish languages.
Here's a recent rendition.
Angels We Have Heard On High
Third Day
- Angels we have heard on high
- Sweetly singing o’er the plains
- And the mountains in reply
- Echoing their joyous strains
CHORUS:
- Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
- Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
- Shepherds, why this jubilee?
- Why your joyous strains prolong?
- What the gladsome tidings be
- Which inspire your heavenly 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 Him in a manger laid
- Jesus Lord of heaven and earth;
- Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
- With us sing our Savior's birth.
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