87. Hearken, All! What Holy Singing

1 Hearken, all! What holy singing
Now is sounding from the sky!
’Tis a hymn with grandeur ringing,
Sung by voices clear and high.

Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

2 On the plain, the simple shepherds
Watch'd their flocks the long night thro';
From on high they heard the voices,
Sounding thro' the heavenly blue. [Refrain]

3 See, within the manger lowly,
Wide the Christ child spreads His arms.
Raise to Him your joyful voices,
Sing we all Noel, Noel. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Hearken, all! What holy singing
Title: Hearken, All! What Holy Singing
Author: Anonymous
Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Meter: 8 7 8 7 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Advent and Nativity
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Meter: 8 7 8 7 with Refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Old French carol



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