Released: January 1, 1979

Songwriter: Traditional

Producer: Bob Potter

[Verse 1]
Well, I was walking through this churchyard in the city
When I've comes this beggar old and grey
Now, with his arms outstretched he asked me for some pity
Oh and it made me bad to hear him say

[Chorus]
"Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Will the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?

Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Now the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?"

[Bridge]
For a million miles I traveled and a thousand sights I've seen
And I'm waitin' for that glory yet to be

[Chorus]
Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Will the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Well, I'll ride up to the pearly gates of heaven
In a chariot made of shinin' gold
An' I'm meetin' the folk that went up there before me
An' all laughin' got out in their fore

[Bridge]
For a million miles I traveled and a thousand sights I've seen
And I'm waitin' for that glory yet to be

[Chorus]
Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Will the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?

[Chorus]
Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Will the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?

[Chorus]
Ooh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Will the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?

[Chorus]
Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder
Will the angels way up yonder
Will the angels play their harps for me?

Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane, born 1 April 1946, was best known as a founding member of two successful English rock Small Faces and Faces.

After quitting the Faces in 1973, he formed his own group, “Slim Chance”, with whom he recorded three studio albums. Aside from this, he also made several collaborative projects with the likes of Pete Townshend.

During the recording of Rough Mix, one of his collaborative albums with Townshend, Lane was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, although carried on touring and recording. On the 4th of June 1997, Lane succumbed to pneumonia, in the final stages of his progressive multiple sclerosis.

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