Shepherds in the field abiding

1. Shepherds in the field abiding, 
tell us, when the seraph bright 
greeted you with wondrous tiding 
what you saw and heard that night. 
//: Gloria in excelsis Deo :// 

2. We beheld it (it is no fable), 
God incarnate, King of bliss, 
swathed and cradled in a stable, 
and the angel strain was this: 
//: Gloria in excelsis Deo ://

3. Choristers on high were singing, 
Jesus and his Virgin birth 
heavenly bells the while a-ring, 
"Peace, good will to men on earth." 
//: Gloria in excelsis Deo :// 

4. Thanks, good herdmen, true your story, 
have with you to Bethlehem; 
angels hymn the King of glory, 
carol we with you and them: 
//: Gloria in excelsis Deo ://