The Angels Rejoiced Last Night Lyrics - Live In 1978 - Emmylou Harris

A house not a home was a picture satin painted 

For sweet little sister and me 

Our daddy would frown while mother was praying 

His heart was so hardened that he would not believe 

In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud 

His Sundays were spent out with the gamblin crowd 

I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God 

For Satin held his hand down the path of sin he trod 

Not long ago our circle was broken 

When God called on mother one night 

In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken 

Asking our daddy to raise her children right 

The angels rejoiced in heaven last night 

I heard my daddy praying dear God make it right 

He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes 

While mother with the angels rejoiced last night 

While mother with the angels rejoiced last night 

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