Got A Date With An Angel

GOT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL
Delroy Somers Band
Words by Clifford Grey and Sonny Miller;
music by Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge.
Best-selling record by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra,
vocal by Skinny Ennis.
Theme song of Skinny Ennis and his Orchestra.
Key: F

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Got a date with an an-gel,
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Got to meet her at sev-en,
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Got a date with an an-gel,
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And I’m on my way to Heav-en.
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She’s so love-ly be-side me,
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And what-ev-er be-tide me.
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Got an an-gel to guide me.
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So I’m on my way to Heav-en.
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Soon I’ll hear the bells ring out,
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And the cho-ir will sing out,
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When the pearl-y gates swing out
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She’ll beck-on to me.

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I’ve been wait-ing a life-time,
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For this eve-ning at sev-en,
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Got a date with an an-gel
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And I’m on my way to Heav-en.