Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply,
Echoing their joyous strains.

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Glo-ori-a in excelsis de-o
Glo-ori-a in excelsis de-o

Shepherds, why this Jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

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Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord,
The newborn King

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See Him in a manger laid Jesus,
Lord of heaven and earth!
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Saviour’s birth.

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