{"slug": "angels-we-have-heard-on-high", "title": "Angels We Have Heard on High", "first_line": "Angels we have heard on high", "author_source": "Traditional French", "translator": "james-chadwick", "translator_date": "1862", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 7, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Angels", "Christmas", "Advent", "God, As King", "Jesus", "Joy", "Praise, Son", "Worship"], "scripture": ["Luke 2:13-14", "Psalm 95:6"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:50 (line 3888); Words French carol (trad.) trans. James Chadwick 1862, Music GLORIA French carol melody, setting Edward Shippen Barnes 1916; all components pre-1931 (latest year 1916).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "An -- gels we have heard on high Sweet -- ly sing -- ing o'er the plains, And the moun -- tains in re -- ply Ech -- o -- ing their joy -- ous strains.", "prose": ["Angels we have heard on high", "Sweetly singing o'er the plains,", "And the mountains in reply", "Echoing their joyous strains."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Shep -- herds, why this ju -- bi -- lee? Why your joy -- ous strains pro -- long? What the glad -- some tid -- ings be Which in -- spire your heav'n -- ly song?", "prose": ["Shepherds, why this jubilee?", "Why your joyous strains prolong?", "What the gladsome tidings be", "Which inspire your heav'nly song?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Come to Beth -- le -- hem and see Christ Whose birth the an -- gels sing; Come, a -- dore on bend -- ed knee, Christ the Lord, the new -- born King.", "prose": ["Come to Bethlehem and see", "Christ Whose birth the angels sing;", "Come, adore on bended knee,", "Christ the Lord, the newborn King."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "See Him in a man -- ger laid, Whom the choirs of an -- gels praise; Ma -- ry, Jo -- seph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise.", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "Glo -- ri -- a, in ex -- cel -- sis De -- o! Glo -- ri -- a, in ex -- cel -- sis De -- o!", "prose": ["Gloria, in excelsis Deo!", "Gloria, in excelsis Deo!"]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}