<P> The lyrics of `` Angels We Have Heard on High '' are inspired by , but not a direct translation of , the French carol known as Les Anges dans nos campagnes ( literally `` the angels in our countryside '' ) composed by an unknown author in Languedoc , France , though they are clearly inspired by that song , and broadly follow the same storyline . The French song has received many adjustments or alignments including `` Angels We Have Heard On High '' -- its most common English version -- written in 1862 by James Chadwick , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle , northeast England . The carol quickly became popular in the West Country , where it was described as `` Cornish '' by R.R. Chope , and featured in Pickard - Cambridge 's Collection of Dorset Carols . </P>
<P> The lyrics of `` Angels We Have Heard on High '' are inspired by , but not a direct translation of , the French carol known as Les Anges dans nos campagnes ( literally `` the angels in our countryside '' ) composed by an unknown author in Languedoc , France , though they are clearly inspired by that song , and broadly follow the same storyline . The French song has received many adjustments or alignments including `` Angels We Have Heard On High '' -- its most common English version -- written in 1862 by James Chadwick , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle , northeast England . The carol quickly became popular in the West Country , where it was described as `` Cornish '' by R.R. Chope , and featured in Pickard - Cambridge 's Collection of Dorset Carols . </P>
when was angels we have heard on high composed
when was angels we have heard on high composed
1862
1862