Bright angels are from glory come,
They’re round my bed, they’re in my room,
They wait to waft my spirit home,
All is well, all is well.
As to sources we quote the 1911 editor of the Original Sacred Harp. After attributing tune and words to J. T. White, nephew of B. F. White, compiler of the 1844 Sacred Harp, the editor states: “The tune had been published before it was printed in the [1844] Sacred Harp.” A negro version of the song was recently recorded in Texas and appears in the Publications of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, vii., 109.
No. 59
[FAITHFUL SOLDIER], SOH (1835) 122
Hexatonic, mode 1 A (I II III IV V VI —)
O when shall I see Jesus and dwell with him above,
And from the flowing fountain drink everlasting love?