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Lyr Req: Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me?

30 Sep 00 - 12:24 PM (#308998)
Subject: Angels
From: GUEST,Eddie (Guest)

Desperately seeking the lyrics of a song which contains the following lines:

I was passing by a churchyard in a city,
When I saw a beggar old and grey;
With his arms outstretched, he asked the folks for pity,
And it made me sad to hear him say,
"Oh I wonder, yes I wonder will the angels play their harps for me."

Any help is very much appreciated. Eddie.

30 Sep 00 - 01:56 PM (#309050)
Subject: Lyr Add: WILL THE ANGELS PLAY THEIR HARPS FOR ME?
From: Dulci46

I was passing by a churchyard in a city
When I saw a beggar old and grey.
With his hands outstretched he asked the folks for pity,
And it made me sad to hear him say:

[CHORUS:] Oh I wonder, yes I wonder,
Will the angels way up yonder,
Will the angels play their harps for me?
For my feet are growing weary,
And my heart is growing dreary,
Will the angels play their harps for me?
Oh, a million miles I've travelled, and a million sights I've seen,
And I'm ready for the glory soon to be.
Oh I wonder, yes I wonder,
Will the angels way up yonder,
Will the angels play their harps for me?

Will I ride up to the Pearly Gates in glory
In a chariot of shining gold?
Will I see the folks who went up there before me
When I'm safely gathered in the fold?

[CHORUS]

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 27-Aug-02.

30 Sep 00 - 03:34 PM (#309109)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angels
From: Malcolm Douglas

There was another enquiry about this song a while back; the two verses Dulci46 mentions were posted, but nobody was sure if that was the whole song.  The tune was posted, though, in miditext and abc formats.  Click here:  Lyrics req: Will the Angels Play Their Harps

Malcolm