LYRICS
| Meter: |
| Writer(s): | African-American spiritual
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: |
| Bible Refs: | Rev 21:2
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 722
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MUSIC
| Name: | I WANT TO BE READY
| | Meter: |
| Writer(s): | African-American spiritual
| Dates: |
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| Refrain.
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
1. John said the city
was just foursquare,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
And he declared
he’d meet me there,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
Refrain.
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
2. 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.
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
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.
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
4. If you get there before I do,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
Tell all my friend I’m a-comin’, too,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
Refrain.
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
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