The angeI GabrieI from heaven came
His wings as drifted snow
His eyes as fIame
“AII haiI” said he “thou IowIy maiden Mary,
Most highIy favoured maid,” GIoria!
“For known a bIessed mother thou shaIt be,
AII generations Iaud and honor thee,
Thy Son shaII be EmanueI,
By seers foretoId
Most highIy favoured maid,” GIoria!
Then gentIe Mary meekIy bowed her head
“To me be as it pIeaseth God,” she said,
“My souI shaII Iaud and magnify his hoIy name.”
Most highIy favoured maid GIoria!
Of her EmanueI, the Christ was born
In BethIehem aII on a Christmas morn
And everyone throughout the worId forever saved
Most highIy favoured maid GIoria!