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Angel Gabriel
Traditional Old-Time, Jubilee Song;
ARTIST: Norman Blake
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; First Recorded circa 1904 Columbia Quartet then by Harry C. Browne, and the Peerless Quartet. The Peerless Quartet was known as the Columbia Quartet from 1904 to 1906.
RECORDING INFO: Angel Gabriel
Atwater-Donnelly; Like the Willow Tree, on BCN Records. 1997
Blake, Norman; Hobo's Last Ride CD 1997
Browne, Harry C. and the Peerless Quartet.
Red Mountain White Trash
OTHER NAMES:
SOURCES: Mudcat
NOTES: "Angel Gabriel" appeared on Norman Blake's Hobo's Last Ride CD- 1997 and
Atwater-Donnelly's Like the Willow Tree, on BCN Records the same year.
"Angel Gabriel" was first recorded circa 1904-1906 by Columbia Quartet then by Harry C. Browne, and the Peerless Quartet.
ANGEL GABRIEL- Norman Blake from Hobo's Last Ride CD- 1997
Oh my soul, my soul is a'goin' for to rest,
In the arms of the Angel Gabriel
And I'll climb on a hill and I'll look through the mist
And I'll cross over Jordan to the Lamb
And I'll sit me down in the old armchair,
And brothers, I will never tire,
And old Satan may sneeze, But I will take my ease,
And I'll warm myself at the holy fire
CHORUS: I will shout, I will dance, and I'll wake up early in the morn
And I will arise as I rub my sleepy eyes,
When old Gabriel's blowing on the horn
When old Gabriel's blowing on the horn
Oh my soul, my soul is a-goin' for to rest
Oh a rest as sure as I am born
And I'll look like a blackbird sitting on a nest
When old Gabriel is blowin' on the horn
And I'll leave my clothes set upon the shore
For I'll have heavenly garments to wear
And I'll have plenty of shoes and I'll never get the blues
And the angels will come and curl my hair
CHORUS
Oh I shan't weep when I'm a 'goin' to leave
So I'll pack up my trunk and I'll go
And my brother old friends don't you ever grieve
For I'm going up to glory very slow.
And I'll eat my meals there three times a day
You can bet your life I won't be late
And I'll have lots of fun when you would rather come
For I'm going to take tickets at the gate
CHORUS
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