Sunday Morning Band

DESCRIPTION: "Number one, number two, number three angel, Number four... Ten little angels in the band." Or "There's one, there's two, there's three little angels." "What a band on Sunday morning (x3), Sunday morning band."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: music religious | angel band
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Bruce R. Buckley, "'Uncle' Ira Cephas -- A Negro Folk Singer in Ohio," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), pp. 15, "THe Band of Angles (Sunday Morning Band" (1 short text)
Roud #16419
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Little Angels
File: MWF3015B

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