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Angels Hovering Round

There are angels hovering round, There are angels hovering round

Tune: [There are angels hovering round]
Published in 204 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 There are angels hov'ring 'round,
There are angels hov'ring 'round,
There are angels, angels hov'ring 'round!

2 To carry the tidings home,
To carry the tidings home,
To carry, carry the tidings home.

3 To the New Jerusalem,
To the New Jerusalem,
To the New, the new Jerusalem.

4 Let all that heareth come,
Let all that heareth come,
Let all who, all who heareth come,

Source: Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #203

Text Information

First Line: There are angels hovering round, There are angels hovering round
Title: Angels Hovering Round
Language: English
Publication Date: 1842
Copyright: Public Domain

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Worship in Song #203

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