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The Angels Are Coming For Me

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1 O glorious thought that no more I shall roam!
For angels are coming to carry me home;
Some wonderful day, in the sweet by and by,
My soul, on their wings, shall be wafted on high.

Refrain:
The angels are coming for me,
The angels are coming for me;
They’re coming I know, and I’m ready to go,
The angels of Heaven are coming for me.

2 When angels shall bear me to mansions of gold,
His marvelous glory mine eyes shall behold;
And rapture eternal my spirit shall know,
When, with the bright angels, to glory I go. [Refrain]

3 When done with the toils and the cares of this life,
When ended the turmoil, the sin and the strife;
The angels will carry me over the tide,
And ever with Jesus my soul shall abide. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #12964

Author: Mrs. Clint Shelton

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Text Information

First Line: O glorious thought that no more I shall roam
Title: The Angels Are Coming For Me
Author: Mrs. Clint Shelton (1924)
Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The angels are coming for me
Copyright: Public Domain

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