Meter: 11.8.11.8 with refrain Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Henry; Andrew L. Byers Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Cannot_Be_Idle); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (211); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (311); The Gospel Trumpet Company Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51233 21216 55123 Used With Text: I Cannot Be Idle
[I cannot be idle, for Jesus says, "Go"]