When Christ was born of Mary free, In Bethlehem in that fair city, Angels sung e'er with mirth and glee, [Chorus:] In excelsis gloria, In excelsis gloria, In excelsis gloria, In excelsis gloria. Herdmen beheld these angels bright- To them appeared with great light, And said, "God's son is born this night." [Chorus:] This King is come to save His kind, In the Scripture as we find