# Angel Band

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Text by Jefferson Hascall; tune commonly credited to William B. Bradbury

## Earliest Located Evidence

1860 text in The Melodeon; Bradbury tune 1862

## Context

Hymnary identifies Jefferson Hascall and early hymn printings; nineteenth-century U.S. publication supports public-domain status.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://hymnary.org/text/my_latest_sun_is_sinking_fast
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/angel-band.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Angel Band.chopro
- Existing site status: cover, listed in master repertoire
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: C
- Capo: 0
- Tuning/comment: Guitar - Standard

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast, The Land of Beulah
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- Check the supplied “snow-white” wording against the band’s chosen hymn text; confirm the final verse/repeats and 3/4 arrangement.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Lyrics and chord cues supplied; band approval needed. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.