Angels Standin' In De Water- Rev. Eason

Angels Standin' In De Water-

John and Ruby Lomax 1939

Angels Standin' In De Water/The Social Band

Traditioanl Old-Time, Gospel

ARTIST: John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Rev. Eason, Johnson Place Baptist Church, near Livingston, AL May 26-30; Place also spelled as: Johnson Baptist Church


Listen: http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/269/2693a1.mp3

CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel 

DATE: 1918; First Recorded in 1927 by Smith's Sacred Singers

RECORDING INFO:
Angels Standin' In De Water  

OTHER NAMES: "Angels Standing In The Water," "The Social Band"

SOURCES: Mudcat; Slave Songs of The United States

NOTES: "Angels Standin' In De Water" is taken from Rev. Eason, Johnson Place Baptist Church, near Livingston, AL as part of John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip.  This is a direct descendant of The Social Band, in Allen et al., 1867, Slave Songs of The United States:

127. THE SOCIAL BAND.
       
[Bright angels on the water,
Hovering by the light;
Poor sinner stand in the darkness,
And cannot see the light.

I want Aunty Mary* for to go with me,
I want Aunty Mary for to go with me,
I want Aunty Mary for to go with me,
To join the social band.]

        * Brother David.

Angels Standin' In De Water- John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Rev. Eason, Johnson Place Baptist Church, near Livingston, AL Listen: http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/269/2693a1.mp3
 

Oh, angels standin' in de water,
Walkin' by the light,
Oh, sinner standin' in de darkness
An' cannot see de light.

I want my mother to go with me,
I want my mother to go with me,
I want my mother to go with me,
To jine the social band.

Oh, angels standin' in de water,
Walkin' by the light,
Oh, sinner standin' in de darkness
An' cannot see de light.