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Angels Roll Dem Stones Away/Angel Roll De Stone Away/De Angel Roll De Stone Away/Angel Rolled The Stone Away/When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel;
ARTIST: from Brown Collection of NC Folklore
Adonai Quartet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaryycyVTFs
Sheet Music- Johnson 1925: http://books.google.com/books?id=cP-vouiZ0JsC&pg=RA1-PA118&lpg=RA1-PA118&dq=De+Angel+Roll+de+Stone+Away&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; First Recorded
RECORDING INFO: When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away
O'Day, Molly; with Lynn Davis & the Cumberland Mountain.... Radio Favorites, Old Homestead OHS 140, LP (1984), trk# 4 [1951]
OTHER NAMES: "When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away" "Angel Rolled The Stone Away"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "De Angel Roll De Stone Away" is a traditional African-American spiritual that was arranged by James Weldon Johnson in 1925. It appears twice in the Brown Collection as 552. Angels Roll Dem Stones Away with a subtitle 'Sister Mary Came A-Seeking Religion.' Anonymous singer- No date or place given- The score has no text. In another place in Brown there is text from Julian P. Boyd.
A version appears in the 1940 book, Gullah: Negro life in the Carolina Sea Islands
DE ANGEL ROLL DE STONE AWAY- Johnson 1925
http://books.google.com/books?id=cP-vouiZ0JsC&pg=RA1-PA118&lpg=RA1-PA118&dq=De+Angel+Roll+de+Stone+Away&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html
CHORUS: De angel roll de stone away
De angel roll de stone away
‘Twas on a bright an’ shiny morn
When de trumpet begin to soun’
De angel roll de stone away
Sister Mary came a-running
At de break o’ day
Brought de news f’om heab’n
De stone done roll away
I’m a-lookin’ for my Saviour,
Tell me where He lay
High up on de mountain
De stone done roll away
De soljahs dere a-plenty,
Standin’ by de do’
But dey could not hinder
De stone done roll away
Ol’ Pilate an’his wise men
Didn’t know what to say
De miracle was on dem
De stone done roll away
ANGEL ROLLED THE STONE AWAY- Updated lyrics by Park New Choir
REFRAIN: The Angel rolled the stone away
The Angel rolled the stone away
'Twas on a bright and shiny morn'
When the trumpet begin to sound
The Angel rolled the stone away
Sister Mary came-a-running
At the break of day
Brought the news from Heaven
The stone done roll away
I'm looking for my Saviour
Tell me where He lay
High up on the mountain
The stone done roll away
The soldiers there a plenty
Standing by the door
But they could not hinder
The stone done roll away
Old Pilate and his wise men
Didn't know what to say
The miracle was on them
The stone done roll away
ANGELS ROLL DEM STONES AWAY- Brown Collection from Julian P. Boyd, as collected from Josa Dixon, a pupil in the school at Alliance, Pamlico county
552. Angels Roll Dem Stones Away
Lines 2 and 4 cjf stanza 2 have their counterpart in hymn 173 in North Carolina Sonnets, or a Selection of Choice Hymns for the Old School Baptists: Compiled by the Recommendation of the Kelinkee Association, by James Osbourn, of Baltimore City
(Baltimore: Published by James Osbourn, 1844J. (Pagination and numbering very inconsistent and irregular.)
"Negro fragment." From Julian P. Boyd, as collected from Josa Dixon, a pupil in the school at Alliance, Pamlico county.
1. Sister Mary she come weepin',
Just about de break o' day,
Lookin' for my Lord,
And he's not there, say!
2. He's gone away to Galilee.
Angels rolled dem stones away.
It was on one Sunday mornin'.
Angels rolled dem stones away.
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