# Chirch song lyrics needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092 "2007-10-09T14:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/1 "2007-10-09T14:45:16Z")
At Sunday Mass we occasionally sing… Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria, Gloria …and after the repeats I have to stop because I don’t know the rest. Would someone fill them in, please? (We don’t have song sheets for this one. Also.I Googled but without success.) ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/2 "2007-10-09T15:07:43Z")
Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Refrain 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? Refrain Come to Bethlehem and see Christ Whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Refrain See Him in a manger laid, Whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise. Refrain . ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/3 "2007-10-09T15:54:16Z")
**Barn Owl** - There is one modern version that goes: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria, Alleluia! Gloria in excelsis Deo, Christ the Lord, Amen. StG ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/4 "2007-10-09T16:21:04Z")
[Here’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_in_Excelsis_Deo) a link to a Wiki article with the full Latin and English text for the Gloria. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/5 "2007-10-09T17:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] [Here’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_in_Excelsis_Deo) a link to a Wiki article with the full Latin and English text for the Gloria. [/QUOTE] Thank you! I have to get some sleep, and then I’ll read the article. (I like your name, freckafree. It’s fun to say! 😃😃😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/6 "2007-10-09T17:11:46Z")
[QUOTE=meek] Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Refrain 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? Refrain Come to Bethlehem and see Christ Whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Refrain See Him in a manger laid, Whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise. Refrain . [/QUOTE] I’m sorry you did all that typing, but it ain’t the one. I got that one Googling. The one I want I can’t even find in the song book we have at chirch…uh…church. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/7 "2007-10-09T17:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] **Barn Owl** - There is one modern version that goes: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria, Alleluia! Gloria in excelsis Deo, Christ the Lord, Amen. StG [/QUOTE] Then we aren’t modern, I guess, cause that’s not it either. Thank you very much,\*\* StGermain,\*\* for trying, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/8 "2007-10-09T18:02:57Z")
It sounds like the Gloria feckafree mentioned, but you mentioned singing [QUOTE=BarnOwl] Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria, Gloria [/QUOTE] while the Gloria goes: [QUOTE=Wikipedia] Gloria in excelsis Deo, Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis… [/QUOTE] Is it possibly [Merrily on High](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Dong_Merrily_on_High)? ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/9 "2007-10-09T18:08:34Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] It sounds like the Gloria feckafree mentioned, but you mentioned singing [/QUOTE] I think it is the Great Doxology (the one **feckafree** linked to) that \*\*BarnOwl \*\* is probably thinking of. There are different versions of the music, from what I remember, and some of the lyrics are sometimes changed slightly to fit. The one **meek** posted is a Christmas carol, which happens to contain the phrase “Gloria, in excelsis Deo,” but is called “Angels We Have Heard on High.” ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/10 "2007-10-09T18:13:46Z")
Where’s a chorist when you need one? 😛😛😛 ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/11 "2007-10-09T18:24:23Z")
Peck it out on your piano A G F G A A# A A G Gloria in excelsis DEeo F F A# A A G Gloria Glia and repeat ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/12 "2007-10-09T18:32:51Z")
You can tell I stay away from the inside of churches. My first thought was **Van Morrison’s** _Gloria_. > [@](#): > > What’s her name? > Her name is Gloria > G . L . O . R . I . A > G.L.O.R.I.A > Gonna shout it every night > Gonna shout it every day 😃 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chirch-song-lyrics-needed/422092/13 "2007-10-09T21:32:36Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] You can tell I stay away from the inside of churches. My first thought was **Van Morrison’s** _Gloria_. [/QUOTE] I prefer **U2** … _Gloria…in te domine Gloria…exultate Gloria…Gloria_ It is even Latin But then, I have actually used U2 _Forty_ in church 😉 Si