Sweetly singing o'er the plains
 And the mountains in reply
 Echoing their joyous strains.
 Gloria...
 cho: Gloria, In Excelsius Deo
 Shepherd why this jubilee,
 Why your joyous strains prolong
 What the gladsome tidings be,
 Which inspire your heavenly song?
 Come to Bethlehem and see,
 Him whose birth the angels sing
 Come adore on bended knee,
 Christ the Lord the newborn king.
 See him in a manger laid,
 Whom the choirs of angels praise
 Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
 While our hearts in love we raise