An Angel to Watch Over Me

(Solo w/optional harmony, guitar)

Words and music by Sally DeFord
Arranged for guitar by Kevin Cookson

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She watched by my cra - dle through long sleep - less nights, She taught me to

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pray as she knelt by my side, She guard - ed my child - hood, and all through the

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years, She e - choed my laugh - ter, She count - ed my tears, In the arms of my

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mo - ther I came to be - lieve that God sent an an - gel to watch o - ver

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me.

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She taught me the mean - ing of cou - rage and faith, She taught me to

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live with the Lord as my strength, She taught me to fol - low the path - way he

Copyright 2011 by Sally DeFord

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marked, She guid - ed my steps when the jour - ney grew dark, And I know there were

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dan - gers that I could not see, But God sent an an - gel to watch o - ver

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me.

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She taught me to serve with a spi - rit that sings,
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seek af - ter hea - ven - ly things, And be - cause of her love and her kind - ness and

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care, Be - cause of the place that I hold in her prayers, And be - cause of her

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good - ness, I still be - lieve that God sent an an - gel

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an an - gel to watch o - ver me.

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