Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
[Verse 1]
My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph has begun
[Chorus]
Oh, come, angel band
Come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Oh bear my longing heart to him
Who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin
And gives me victory
[Chorus]
Oh, come, angel band
Come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Angel Band was written by Traditional.
Angel Band was produced by Emory Gordy Jr. & Emmylou Harris.
Indroducing “Angel Band during his final live performance in Hiltons, Virginia, just months before his death, Cash said,
We had a memorial service for June [Carter Cash, Johnny’s wife] in Hendersonville Tennessee and laid her to rest there. Her spirit went on, but her body was laid to reast and, u...