Angel Band

Emmylou Harris

About Angel Band

"Angel Band" is an American gospel music song. The lyrics – a poem written in common metre – were originally titled "My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast," and were written by Jefferson Hascall (sometimes found as Haskell in hymnals). The lyric was first set in J. W. Dadmun's tunebook The Melodeon in 1860, to a tune by Dadmun. These words, being in common metre, could be sung to many hymn tunes, but the tune now universally associated them is by William Batchelder Bradbury, and was published in Bradbury's Golden Shower of S. S. Melodies in 1862. Bradbury's song was originally titled "The Land of Beulah." "Angel Band" became widely known in the 19th century, both in folk traditions and in published form, e.g. William Walker's Christian Harmony of 1866, and has been recorded by many artists, probably most famously by the Stanley Brothers, Emmylou Harris, and by the Monkees. The Stanley Brothers version is included on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack album (2000). 


Year:
1996
3:01
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My latest sun is sinking fast, 
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past, 
My triumph has begun

Oh, come angel band 
Come and around me stand
Oh, bear me away on your snow white wings 
To my immortal home
Oh, bear me away on your snow white wings 
To my immortal home

Oh, bear my longing heart to him 
Who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin 
And gives me victory
Oh, come angel band 
Come and around me stand
Oh, bear me away on your snow white wings 
To my immortal home
Oh, bear me away on your snow white wings 
To my immortal home

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has released many chart-topping albums and singles over the course of her career, and has won 12 Grammys and numerous other awards. more »

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