"I'll Fly Away"(#Roud 18437) is a #hymn written between 1929 and 1932 by #AlbertEBrumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. Albert took three years to write the song after getting the idea while #pickingCotton in 1928. Over the years multiple derivative versions have been created and will be licensed for decades to come. Brumley's writing was influenced by the 1924 secular #ballad "#ThePrisonersSong".
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