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Text:I Would Be Like Jesus
Author:James Rowe
Tune:[Earthly pleasures vainly call me] (Ackley)
Composer:B.D. Ackley

31. I Would Be Like Jesus

Text Information
First Line: Earthly pleasures vainly call me
Title: I Would Be Like Jesus
Author: James Rowe
Refrain First Line: Be like Jesus, this my song
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Aspiration; New Year; Youth
Tune Information
Name: [Earthly pleasures vainly call me] (Ackley)
Composer: B.D. Ackley
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1912. Renewal 1940. The Rodeheaver Co., Owner.



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