# Angel Band

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: public-domain-us
- Confidence: confirmed

## Writer / Source

Text by Jefferson Hascall; tune commonly credited to William B. Bradbury

## Earliest Located Evidence

1860 text in The Melodeon; Bradbury tune 1862

## Context

Hymnary identifies Jefferson Hascall and early hymn printings; nineteenth-century U.S. publication supports public-domain status.

## Rights Assessment

The package uses the current U.S. public-domain rule of thumb that U.S. works published before 1931 are public domain in 2026, while modern works and later arrangements need separate clearance. For traditional material, the underlying tune/text may be public domain while The Scrips arrangement and any modern variant source remain separate rights questions.

## Source Links

- https://hymnary.org/text/my_latest_sun_is_sinking_fast
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/angel-band.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Angel Band.chopro
- Existing site status: cover, listed in master repertoire
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: C
- Capo: 0
- Tuning/comment: Guitar - Standard

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast, The Land of Beulah
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- None blocking for a conservative website import; still recommended to spot-check final public copy.