Angel Band

A nineteenth-century gospel hymn with text by Jefferson Hascall and a tune by William B. Bradbury.

Status: cover · active repertoire · public domain hymn
Writer / source: Text by Jefferson Hascall; tune commonly credited to William B. Bradbury
Rights: Public domain in the United States. Traditional arrangement by The Scrips.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: 1860 text in The Melodeon; Bradbury tune 1862
Aliases / index: My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast · The Land of Beulah
Working arrangement: Key C · Capo 0 · Guitar - Standard

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Angel Band
Text by Jefferson Hascall; tune commonly credited to William B. Bradbury
Rights: public-domain-us

Instrumental:
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Verse:
My latest sun is sinking fast,
my race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past,
my triumph has be-gun

Chorus:
Oh, come Angel Band, come
and a-round me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
to my im-mortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
to my im-mortal home

Instrumental:
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Verse:
Oh bear my longing heart to Him
who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin
and gives me victo-ry

Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings,
To my immortal home.

Archive note

Lyric sheet held; listed in the master repertoire and set lists. The underlying hymn was published in the nineteenth century.

Chords

C · G · F · G7