Archangel, Open the Door
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel
ARTIST: Slave Songs of the United States (1867): Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921,and Lucy McKim Garrison 1842-1877
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1867;
RECORDING INFO: Archangel, Open the Door
Allen, William Francis, et.al (eds.) / Slave Songs of the United States, Dover, Sof (1995/1867), # 44 [1860s]
OTHER NAMES: "Archangel, Open De Door,"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "Archangel, Open the Door" appeared in the 1867 book, Slave Songs of the United States (1867): Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921, and Lucy McKim Garrison 1842-1877.
44. ARCHANGEL OPEN THE DOOR- Slave Songs of the United States (1867): Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921,and Lucy McKim Garrison 1842-1877
[I ax all dem brudder* roun',
Brudder,* why can't you pray for me?
I ax all dem brudder roun',
Brudder, why can't you pray for me?
1. I'm gwine to my heaven, I'm gwine home,
Archangel open de door;
I'm gwine to my heaven, I'm gwine home;
Archangel open de door.]
2 Brudder, tuk off your knapsack, I'm gwine home;
Archangel open de door.
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