Angels We Have Heard on High

“Angels We Have Heard on High” is a Christmas carol to the hymn tune “Gloria” from a traditional French song of unknown origin called “Les Anges dans nos campagnes.” This is the scene in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child Jesus the Christ.

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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” is one of the oldest extant carols, dated to the 16th century or earlier. The earliest known printed edition of the carol is in a broadsheet dated to c. 1760.

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