【Choir】№12 Angels from the Realms of Glory ╬ Carols from King's College, Cambridge 2013

※ Tune: REGENT SQUARE (B♭ major)
※ Music by: Henry Thomas Smart (1866)
※ Lyrics by: James Montgomery (1816)
※ Arranged by: Reginald Jacques
※ Genre: Sacred, Christmas carol, A cappella
※ Number of voices: 4vv
※ Voicing: SATB
※ Language: English & Latin
※ Choir of: King's College, Cambridge (2013)
※ Directed by: Stephen Cleobury

§ Lyrics §

Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds in the field abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing;
Yonder shines the Infant Light:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Saints before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In his temple shall appear:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Though an infant now we view him,
He shall fill his Father’s throne,
Gather all the nations to him;
Every knee shall then bow down:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.