I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly

Author: Sacred Hymns, Manchester, 1840
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)

Languages (16)

This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:

• Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
• Chinese (Simplified): 我看见一位天使
• Chinese (Traditional): 我看見一位天使
• English: I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly
• English Braille: ⠠⠊ ⠠⠎⠁⠺ ⠁ ⠠⠍⠊⠣⠞⠽ ⠠⠁⠝⠛⠑⠇ ⠠⠋⠇⠽
• French: Je vis un ange qui volait
• French (French Polynesia): Je vis un ange s’envoler / Ua pou mai te melahi I te fenua nei
• French (Haiti): Je vis un ange s’envoler
• German: Ein Engel kam in mächt’gem Flug
• Hawaiian: He anela aʻu i ike ai
• Kekchi: Jun anjel chi purik kiwil
• Latvian: Es redzēju, kā eņģelis
• Lithuanian: Regėjau, skrido žemės link
• Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Wǒ kànjiàn yí wèi tiānshǐ
• Mongolian: Тэнгэр элчийн нисэж ирэхийг би харлаа
• Tahitian: Je vis un ange s’envoler / Ua pou mai te melahi I te fenua nei
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Most common tunes for “I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly”

This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.

Appearances of “I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly” over time

This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Copyright status of original text

This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.

Public domain

Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840), no. 251.

Representative lyrics