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Angel Band, The/Little Angels
Traditional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Howard Odum, Negro and His Songs- 1925
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s;
RECORDING INFO: Angel Band
OTHER NAMES: "Little Angels" "Count Out The Angels"
SOURCES: Howard Odum and appears in his 1925 book, "The Negro and his Songs."
NOTES: "Angel Band" was collected by Howard Odum and appears in his 1925 book, "The Negro and his Songs." It's an African-American spiritual version of the folk song, "Ten Little Indians," and according to Odum was a popular children's song that would typically count up to a hundred angels.
One early recording is "Count Out The Angels" by Mitchel's Christian Singers circa 1936.
Angel Band, The-Howard Odum, Negro and His Songs- 1925
Dere's one little, two little, three little angels,
Dere's four little, five little, six lttle angels,
Dere's seven little, eight little, nine littel angels,
Dere's ten little angels in de band
Dere's leben little, twelve little, thirteen little angels,
Dere's fourteen little, fifteen little, sixteen little angels,
Dere's seventeen little, eighteen little, nineteen little angels,
Dere's twenty little angels in de band
[Go up to one hundred]
Another early version with a chorus was collected by EC Perrow (1908) and appears The Journal of American folk-lore, Volumes 25-26 By American Folklore Society
23. THE LITTLE ANGELS (From Alabama; negroes; MS. of W. O. Scroggs; 1908)
Dere's one, dere's two, dere's three, little angels,
Dere's four, dere's five, dere's six, little angels,
Dere's seven, dere's eight, dere's nine, little angels,
Dere's ten little angels in de band.
Chorus: I'se gwine Sunday mornin', (thrice)
Sunday mornin' fair.
Dere's 'leben, dere's twelve, thirteen, little angels,
Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, little angels,
Sebenteen, eighteen, nineteen, little angels,
Dere's twenty little angels in de band.
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