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Text:Will The Angels Come For Me?
Author:James Samuel Torbett
Tune:[When my work on earth is ended]
Composer:James Samuel Torbett
Media:MIDI file

13367. Will The Angels Come For Me?

1 When my work on earth is ended,
Will the angels come for me?
Will they bear me on their pinions
O’er the dark and stormy sea?

Refrain:
Will the angels come for me,
When I cross the stormy sea?
Will they take me home to God,
When the long, rough way I’ve trod?

2 When life’s sun is slowly sinking,
And the soul will soon be free,
Will the gates of Heaven open,
And the angels come for me? [Refrain]

3 Will the angels bear me upward
To that home so bright and fair?
There to be with Christ my Savior,
And the ransomed gathered there? [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: When my work on earth is ended
Title: Will The Angels Come For Me?
Author: James Samuel Torbett (1901)
Refrain First Line: Will the angels come for me,
Language: English
Source: Angel Echoes by W. S. Byford, W. H. Whitworth, and W. Roach (Dallas: Song & Company, 1901)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: JESU, MEINES LEBENS LEBEN, from "Darmstadt Gesangbuch," LORETO by Isaac H. Meredith, McEWAN by William McEwan
Tune Information
Name: [When my work on earth is ended]
Composer: James Samuel Torbett
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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