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TAKE ME TO THE WATER

Meter: Irregular Appears in 15 hymnals Tune Sources: African American spiritual Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 35321 13553 23235 Used With Text: Take Me to the Water

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Take Me to the Water

Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Take me to the water, take me to the water, take me to the water to be baptized. 2 None but the righteous, none but the righteous, none but the righteous shall see God. 3 I love Jesus, I love Jesus, I love Jesus, oh, yes, I do. 4 He’s my Savior, he’s my Savior, he’s my Savior, oh, yes, he is. Topics: Baptism Used With Tune: [Take me to the water] Text Sources: African-American spiritual

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Take Me to the Water

Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #788 (2013) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 1 Take me to the water, take me to the water, take me to the water to be baptized. 2 None but the righteous, none but the righteous, none but the righteous shall see God. 3 I love Jesus, I love Jesus, I love Jesus, oh, yes, I do. 4 He’s my Savior, he’s my Savior, he’s my Savior, oh, yes, he is. Topics: Elements of Worship Baptism Scripture: Matthew 5:14 Languages: English Tune Title: TAKE ME TO THE WATER
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Take Me to the Water

Hymnal: Sing! A New Creation #236 (2002) Lyrics: 1 Take me to the water, take me to the water, take me to the water to be baptized. 2 None but the righteous, none but the righteous, none but the righteous shall see God. 3 I love Jesus, I love Jesus, I love Jesus, oh, yes, I do. 4 He’s my Savior, he’s my Savior, he’s my Savior, oh, yes, he is. Topics: Baptism Languages: English Tune Title: [Take me to the water]
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Take Me to the Water

Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #322 (1995) Lyrics: 1 Take me to the water, take me to the water, take me to the water to be baptized. 2 None but the righteous, none but the righteous, none but the righteous shall see God. 3 I love Jesus, I love Jesus, I love Jesus, yes, I do. 4 Jesus is my Savior, Jesus is my Savior, Jesus is my Savior, forever more. Topics: Adoration and Praise Jesus Christ; Holy Baptism Scripture: Acts 10:47-48 Languages: English Tune Title: [Take me to the water]

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Horace Clarence Boyer

1935 - 2009 Person Name: Horace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 Arranger of "[Take me to the water]" in Sing! A New Creation Horace Boyer (b. Winter Park, Flordia, July 28, 1935; d. Amherst, Massachusetts, July 21, 2009) was professor of music at the University of Massachussetts, Amhurst, editor of the African American hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and author of How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Elliot & Clark, 1995). Sing! A New Creation

Valeria A. Foster

Arranger of "TO THE WATER" in African American Heritage Hymnal

Jeffrey Radford

1953 - 2002 Arranger of "[Take me to the water]" in The New Century Hymnal Jeffrey Radford (b. 1953; d. Chicago, Illinois, August 12, 2002), music director at Trinity United Church of Christ (UCC) in Chicago, the largest UCC congregation in the United States. Sing! A New Creation