The Angels Rejoiced Last Night

Emmylou Harris

Written by Ira Louvin

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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A house not a home was a picture satan painted
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For sweet little sister and me

Verse 2

Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
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His heart was so hardened that he would not believe

Verse 3

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In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud
D7
His Sundays were spent out with the gamblin' crowd
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I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God
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For Satin held his hand down the path of sin he trod

Verse 4

Not long ago our circle was broken
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When God called on mother one night

Verse 5

In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
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Asking our daddy to raise her children right

Verse 6

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The angels rejoiced in heaven last night
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I heard my daddy praying dear God make it right
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He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes
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While mother with the angels rejoiced last night
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While mother with the angels rejoiced last night