Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Lyrics

If you’ve been looking for Hark! The Herald Angels Sing lyrics, especially if you’d like to print them out, then you’re on the right page!

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is an English Christmas Carol based on Luke 2:14, written by Charles Wesley and published in 1739. It first appeared in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems.

Wesley, who had written the original version as “Hymn for Christmas-Day“, had requested and received slow and solemn music for his lyrics, which has since largely been discarded. Moreover, Wesley’s original opening couplet is “Hark! how all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings“. The popular version is the result of alterations by various hands, most notably by George Whitefield, who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one.

On this page you’ll find the lyrics of the song and a printable PDF file with lyrics for free download. You can also watch a two karaoke videos with lyrics – one in the key of G and the other in the key of D. Enjoy!

Printable Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Lyrics PDF
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Lyrics

Karaoke Video with Lyrics in G
Karaoke Video with Lyrics in D

Printable Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Lyrics PDF

Click on the button to download a PDF file with lyrics to this song for free.

Hark the herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled”
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
“Christ is born in Bethlehem”
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Christ by highest heav’n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin’s womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Ris’n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”