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Didn't the Angels Sing for Martin Luther King, 1968
Didn't the Angels Sing for Martin Luther King, 1968  
Words: Noble Sissle, Music: Eubie Blake

Published the year of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968, Didn't the Angels Sing for Martin Luther King, is a indeed a tribute:

Martin Luther King, you placed your name in Civilization's Hall of Fame Martin Luther King, God placed it too When He made a martyr out of you. Didn't the angels sing? They made heaven ring as they welcome the soul of Martin Luther King.