The United Methodist Hymnal ‎#722

722. I Want to Be Ready

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Refrain:
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready
to walk in Jerusalem just like John.

1 O John, O John, what did you say?
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
That you'd be there on judgment day.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
(Refrain)

2 John said the city was just foursquare.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
And he declared he'd meet me there.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
(Refrain)

3 Now sinners, mind how you step on the cross.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
Your foot might slip and your soul get lost.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
(Refrain)

Text Information

• First Line: O John, O John, what did you say
• Title: I Want to Be Ready
• Refrain First Line: I want to be ready
• Meter: Irr. with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1989
• Topic: New Heaven and a New Earth: The Completion of Creation (The City of God); Heaven; Judgment; Triumph
• Source: Afro-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: I WANT TO BE READY
• Adapter and Arranger: William Farley Smith (1986)
• Meter: Irr. with Refrain
• Key: D Major
• Source: Afro-American spiritual
• Copyright: Adapt. and arr. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House