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Angel Roll De Stone Away/De Angel Roll De Stone Away/Angel Rolled The Stone Away/When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel;
ARTIST: from Johnson, The book of American Negro spirituals- 1925
Adonai Quartet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaryycyVTFs
Sheet Music- Johnson 1925: http://books.google.com/books?id=cP-vouiZ0JsC&pg=RA1-PA118&lpg=RA1-PA118&dq=De+Angel+Roll+de+Stone+Away&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; First Recorded in 1927 by Smith's Sacred Singers
RECORDING INFO: Angel Rolled The Stone Away/ When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away
O'Day, Molly; with Lynn Davis & the Cumberland Mountain.... Radio Favorites, Old Homestead OHS 140, LP (1984), trk# 4 [1951]
Mitchell Christian Singers. Document circa 1934 Angels Will They Roll The Stone Away
OTHER NAMES: "When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away" "Angel Rolled The Stone Away"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "De Angel Roll De Stone Away" is a traditional African-American spiritual that was arranged by James Weldon Johnson in 1925. It appears twice in the Brown Collection as 552. Angels Roll Dem Stones Away with a subtitle 'Sister Mary Came A-Seeking Religion.' Anonymous singer- No date or place given- The score has no text. In another place in Brown there is text from Julian P. Boyd.
A version appears in the 1940 book, Gullah: Negro life in the Carolina Sea Islands
DE ANGEL ROLL DE STONE AWAY- Johnson 1925
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CHORUS: De angel roll de stone away
De angel roll de stone away
‘Twas on a bright an’ shiny morn
When de trumpet begin to soun’
De angel roll de stone away
Sister Mary came a-running
At de break o’ day
Brought de news f’om heab’n
De stone done roll away
I’m a-lookin’ for my Saviour,
Tell me where He lay
High up on de mountain
De stone done roll away
De soljahs dere a-plenty,
Standin’ by de do’
But dey could not hinder
De stone done roll away
Ol’ Pilate an’his wise men
Didn’t know what to say
De miracle was on dem
De stone done roll away
ANGEL ROLLED THE STONE AWAY- Updated lyrics by Park New Choir
REFRAIN: The Angel rolled the stone away
The Angel rolled the stone away
'Twas on a bright and shiny morn'
When the trumpet begin to sound
The Angel rolled the stone away
Sister Mary came-a-running
At the break of day
Brought the news from Heaven
The stone done roll away
I'm looking for my Saviour
Tell me where He lay
High up on the mountain
The stone done roll away
The soldiers there a plenty
Standing by the door
But they could not hinder
The stone done roll away
Old Pilate and his wise men
Didn't know what to say
The miracle was on them
The stone done roll away
Angels- Professor Johnson and His Gospel Singers Decca 1950
CHORUS: Angels rolled the stones away
Angels rolled the stones away
Early on one Easter Sunday morning
Angels rolled the stones away
Oh Mary she come running
Just about the break
She's come lookin' for King Jesus
Angels rolled the stones away
CHORUS:
Jesus talked to His Father
while hanging on the cross
Father will you forgive him
Oh I know the soul he loss
CHORUS: 2X
The Angels Rolled the Stone Away- arranged by Jester Hairston
Oh, the angels rolled the stone away,
'Twas on that Easter Sunday morning
That the angels rolled the stone away.
Sister Mary she came running just about the break of day.
She was bringing news from heaven
That the angels rolled the stone away.
Great God, Almighty! Oh, the angels...
Said the angel He is not here; He is risen as he said,
Why seek ye the living way down here among the dead.
Great God, Almighty! Oh, the angels...
Jesus said, "Touch Me not Mary, but go on ahead of me.
Go and tell all my disciples to meet me in Galilee."
Great God, Almighty! Oh, the angels...
Brother Thomas he came running,
And his eyes were open wide.
Jesus said, "Man, if you doubt me,
Come put your hand right in my side."
Great God, Almighty! Oh, the angels...
The Angels Rolled the Stone Away- Dover book "Best-Loved Negro Spirituals" also in Gullah: Negro life in the Carolina Sea Islands - Page 171 1940
Refrain: The angels rolled the stone away,
The angels rolled the stone away;
'Twas a bright and shiny morn
When the trumpet began to sound;
The angels rolled the stone away,
The angels rolled the stone away.
Sister Mary she came running at the break of day.
Brought the news from heaven:
"I'm looking for my Saviour,
Tell me where He lay -
The stone done rolled away."
[Refrain]
The soldiers were a-plenty,
Standing by the door;
But they could not hinder
The stone done rolled away.
[Refrain]
Old Pilate and his wise men
Didn't know what ot say -
The miracle was on them,
The stone done rolled away.
[Refrain]
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