No. 211 Angels Hovering Round, Rev 74
Pentatonic, cannot be classified (I II III — V — VII)
There are angels hov’ring round,
There are angels hov’ring round,
There are angels, angels hov’ring round.
To carry the tidings home etc.
To the new Jerusalem etc.
Poor sinners are coming home.
And Jesus bids them come.
Let him that heareth come.
We’re on our journey home.
The song is found also in Mason’s Harp of the South, p. 272, where the composer is given as “Husband”. The same tune with minor variations appeared in the 1859 edition of the Sacred Harp, p. 425, where it was attributed to J. L. Pickard. Its two one-line verses are:
I am on my journey home etc.
To the New Jerusalem etc.