If I Had the Wings of an Angel (OT2003-3012-008)
Dublin Core
Title
If I Had the Wings of an Angel (OT2003-3012-008)
Alternative Title
New Prisoner's Song
Description
Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3012, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.
Creator
Source
Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date Created
1964-07-15
Contributor
Is Part Of
Language
en
Type
Identifier
VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3012-008
Rights Holder
Vermont Folklife Center
Song Item Type Metadata
Local Title
If I Had the Wings of an Angel
Transcription
For seven long years I've been in prison
At seven long years more I've to stay
For knocking a man down in an alley
And taking his gold watch away
Sat there alone, sitting in my cell all alone all alone
Thinking of the days that gone by me
And the memories of days I long to roam
If I had the wings of an eagel
Out from this prison I would fly
I would fly to the arms of my true love
And there I would lay me down and die
Sat there alone, sitting in my cell all alone all alone
Thinking of the days that gone by me
And the memories of days I long to roam
I have a father and a mother
I wonder if they ever think of me
I have a sister and a brother
Who lives in a cabin by the sea
Sat there alone, sitting in my cell all alone all alone
Thinking of the days that gone by me
And the memories of days I long to roam
References:
At seven long years more I've to stay
For knocking a man down in an alley
And taking his gold watch away
Sat there alone, sitting in my cell all alone all alone
Thinking of the days that gone by me
And the memories of days I long to roam
If I had the wings of an eagel
Out from this prison I would fly
I would fly to the arms of my true love
And there I would lay me down and die
Sat there alone, sitting in my cell all alone all alone
Thinking of the days that gone by me
And the memories of days I long to roam
I have a father and a mother
I wonder if they ever think of me
I have a sister and a brother
Who lives in a cabin by the sea
Sat there alone, sitting in my cell all alone all alone
Thinking of the days that gone by me
And the memories of days I long to roam
References:
- Lyle Lofgren. "New Prisoner's Song." http://www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/RTOS-NewPrisSong.html
- Mudcat Cafe. "Lyr Req: New Prisoner's Song (Bogg, et al.)" http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=24587
Location
Duration
2:00
Files
Collection
Citation
Atwood, Fred, “If I Had the Wings of an Angel (OT2003-3012-008),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed April 5, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/1127.
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