Text: traditional french carol Music: michael w. smith (additional lyrics adapted from the song, angels we have heard on high) Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the pains And the mountains in reply Echo back their joyous strains Gloria o gloria in excelsis deo Come to bethlehem and see (gloria o sing gloria) Him whose birth the angels sing (gloria o sing gloria) Come adore on bended knee Christ the lord the newborn king Gloria o gloria in excelsis deo Angels we have heard on high (gloria o sing gloria) Sweetly singing o'er the plains (gloria o sing gloria) Jesus lord of heav'n and earth With us sing our savior's birth Gloria o gloria in excelsis deo Alleluia