The Angels Rejoiced Last Night Song Lyrics and Chords
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night Song Lyrics and Chords by Emmylou Harris
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Ira Louvin
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A house not a home was a picture satan painted
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sweet little sister and
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me
Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
His heart was so hardened that
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he would not
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believe
In anger he'd
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swear his
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voice cold and
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loud
His Sundays were spent out with the gamblin'
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crowd
I've
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never seen my daddy
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inside a house of
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For Satin held his hand down the
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path of sin he
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trod
Not long ago our circle was broken
When
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God called on mother one
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night
In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
Asking our daddy to
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raise her children
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right
The angels
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rejoiced in
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heaven last
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night
I heard my daddy praying dear God make it
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right
He
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was smiling and singing with
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tears in his
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eyes
While mother with the angels re
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joiced last
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night
While mother with the angels re
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joiced
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last
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ght
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Angels Rejoiced Last Night?
- The song The Angels Rejoiced Last Night was sang by Emmylou Harris.
Who is Emmylou Harris?
- Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018, she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.Harris' work and recordings include work as a solo artist, a bandleader, an interpreter of other composers' works, a singer-songwriter, and a backing vocalist and duet partner. She has worked with numerous artists.
