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Angels, Roll the Rock Away

Thomas Scott

“Angels, Roll the Rock Away” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Thomas Scott: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Angels, roll the rock away!

Death, yield up the mighty Prey!

See, the Saviour quits the tomb,

Glowing with immortal bloom.

Refrain

Alleluia! alleluia!

Christ the Lord is risen today.

Shout, ye seraphs; angels, raise

Your eternal song of praise;

Let the earth's remotest bound

Echo to the blissful sound.

Holy Father, Holy Son,

Holy Spirit, Three in One,

Glory as of old to thee,

Now and ever more, shall be.

Amen.

Credits

Written by Thomas Scott

Words by Thomas Scott (died 1775). Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “Angels, Roll the Rock Away”

The 1920 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; traditional and anonymous entries are public domain. Pages whose scan quality is below the proofread threshold are held for review. The credited author died in 1775.

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