Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World by Michael Crawford Lyrics
[1st half - "Angels We Have Heard on High"]
[Intro]
And the stars were shining
Distant bells were ringing
Heavenly voices were singing
All through the night, all through the night
[Verse 1]
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountain in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
[Chorus]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Verse 2]
(Shepherds why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?)
[Chorus]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Verse 3]
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
[Chorus]
(Gloria in Excelsis Deo)
[Verse 4]
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountain in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
[Chorus]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (In Excelsis, In Excelsis Deo, In Excelsis, In Excelsis Deo)
[2-nd half - "Joy to the World]
[Verse 1]
Joy to the world, the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing
[Verse 2]
(Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ)
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
(Repeat the sounding joy) The sounding joy
(Repeat the sounding joy) Repeat the sounding joy
(Repeat) Repeat the sounding joy
[Verse 3]
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders of His love
[Verse 4]
Joy to the world, the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing (nature sing), and heaven and nature sing (nature sing)
(And heaven) And heaven and nature sing
[Outro]
And the stars were shining
Distant bells were ringing
Heavenly voices singing
All through the night
[Intro]
And the stars were shining
Distant bells were ringing
Heavenly voices were singing
All through the night, all through the night
[Verse 1]
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountain in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
[Chorus]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Verse 2]
(Shepherds why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?)
[Chorus]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Verse 3]
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
[Chorus]
(Gloria in Excelsis Deo)
[Verse 4]
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountain in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
[Chorus]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (In Excelsis, In Excelsis Deo, In Excelsis, In Excelsis Deo)
[2-nd half - "Joy to the World]
[Verse 1]
Joy to the world, the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing
[Verse 2]
(Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ)
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
(Repeat the sounding joy) The sounding joy
(Repeat the sounding joy) Repeat the sounding joy
(Repeat) Repeat the sounding joy
[Verse 3]
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders of His love
[Verse 4]
Joy to the world, the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing (nature sing), and heaven and nature sing (nature sing)
(And heaven) And heaven and nature sing
[Outro]
And the stars were shining
Distant bells were ringing
Heavenly voices singing
All through the night