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Text:I Want to Be Ready
Author:C. R. W.
Tune:[I know the Lord is with me, in this old world below]
Composer:Chas. R. Woods

76. I Want to Be Ready

Text Information
First Line: I know the Lord is with me, in this old world below
Title: I Want to Be Ready
Author: C. R. W.
Refrain First Line: I want to be found ready when Jesus calls for me
Language: English
Publication Date: 1948
Copyright: © 1942, by Tenn. Music & Printing Co. in "Rays of Hope"
Tune Information
Name: [I know the Lord is with me, in this old world below]
Composer: Chas. R. Woods
Incipit: 35556 53332 16151
Copyright: © 1942, by Tenn. Music & Printing Co. in "Rays of Hope"



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