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About Angels We Have Heard on High : "Angels We Have Heard on High" is a Christmas carol with English lyrics by James Chadwick . Chadwick's lyrics are derived and inspired and in parts a loose translation from the French original . "Angels We Have Heard on High" is generally sung to the hymn tune "Gloria", a traditional French carol as arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes . Its most memorable feature is its chorus, Gloria in excelsis Deo, "Angels from the Realms of Glory" are usually sung to this tune . It is from this usage that the tune sometimes is known as "Iris", the name of Montgomery's newspaper . The genre is hymn. Angels We Have Heard on High has a significant contribution from artist(s) James Chadwick.