Text: | Oh! What a Beautiful City |
Tune: | [There's three gates in-a the East] |
Arranger: | Irma Tillery (b. 1925) |
Refrain:
Oh! what a beautiful city,
Oh! what a beautiful city,
Oh! what a beautiful city,
Twelve gates-a to the city, Hallelujah!
1 There’s three gates in-a the East,
three gates in-a the West;
Three gates in-a the North,
and three gates in-a the South,
making it twelve gates-a to the city, a-Hallelujah. [Refrain]
2 O, my Lord built-a that day,
that was just a-fore square;
wanted all-a you sinners
to meet Him in-a the air,
’Cause He built twelve gates-a to the city, a-Hallelujah. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
---|---|
First Line: | There's three gates in-a the East |
Title: | Oh! What a Beautiful City |
Refrain First Line: | Oh! What a beautiful city |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Advent |
Source: | Traditional |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | [There's three gates in-a the East] |
Arranger: | Irma Tillery (b. 1925) |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Negro Spiritual |
Copyright: | Used by Permission. |