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Angels Drooped Their Wings
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: from The Heavenly Gospel Singers
SHEET MUSIC:
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: probably 1800s; 1928
RECORDING INFO: Angels Drooped Their Wings
The Heavenly Gospel Singers
OTHER NAMES: "Angels Dropped Their Wings" "Angels Drooped Their Wings and Gone on to Heaven"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) on his Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 5 (1938-1942) Document Records;
NOTES: "Angels Drooped Their Wings" is a traditional spiritual from The Heavenly Gospel Singers on Document Records (originally Bluebird circa 1935).
A version titled "Angels Drooped Their Wings and Gone on to Heaven" was collected from African-American convicts in Nashville, TN. [From: A Check List of the Titles of Tennessee Folksongs]
Angels Drooped Their Wings- The Heavenly Gospel Singers (slight variation on the chorus; see last two)
CHORUS: The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
Carry me over to hea-ven.
CHORUS:
I used to have good friends
who walked and talked with me
But since I ain't got money
Lord they turned their backs on me
CHORUS: 2x
The angels called me in the morning
Didn't call me in heat of the day
Waited till the cool of the evening
And washed my sins away
CHORUS: The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
Watched over Daniel and they gone on to glory
The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
Carry me over to hea-ven.
CHORUS: The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
Watched over my mother and they gone on to glory
The angels drooped their wings and they gone on to glory
Carry me over to hea-ven.
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