" Angels We Have Heard on High " is a Christmas carol with the lyrics written by James Chadwick ,
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle , to the music from a French song called Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes. The music is the same as the original song, though Chadwick's lyrics albeit unique and original are clearly derived and inspired, and in parts a loose translation. The song’s subject is the birth of Jesus Christ narrated in the Gospel of Luke , specifically the scene in which shepherds outside Bethlehem
encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child.