150 | Songs of Zion#151 | 152 |
Text: | I Want to Be Ready |
Tune: | [O John, O John, what do you say?] |
Harmonizer: | J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- |
Harmonizer: | Verolga Nix, 1933- |
Refrain:
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready
to walk in Jerusalem just like John.
1 O John, O John, what do you say?
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
That I'll be there at the coming day,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain]
2 John said the city was just four-square
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
And he declared he'd meet me there,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain]
3 When Peter was preaching at Pentecost,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
He was endowed with the Holy Ghost,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O John, O John, what do you say? |
Title: | I Want to Be Ready |
Refrain First Line: | I want to be ready |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1981 |
Topic: | Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs |
Source: | Traditional |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O John, O John, what do you say?] |
Harmonizer: | J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- |
Harmonizer: | Verolga Nix, 1933- |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Traditional |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1981 by Abingdon |