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I WANT TO BE READY
Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 23 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith Tune Sources: Afro-American spiritual Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11135 56661 53212 Used With Text: I Want to Be Ready
I WANT TO BE READY
I Want to Be Ready (Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John)
Meter: Irregular Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: O John, O John, what did you say? Refrain First Line: I want to be ready Lyrics: 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 Some come crippled, and some come lame,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
Some come walkin' in Jesus name,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain]
3 Now, brother, 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]
4 If you get there before I do,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
Tell all my friends I'm acomin', too.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Death and Life Eternal; Victory Scripture: John 8:31 Used With Tune: WALK IN JERUSALEM Text Sources: Traditional Spiritual
I Want to Be Ready (Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John)
I Want to be Ready
Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: That city John saw was-a built four square Used With Tune: [That city John saw was-a built four square]
I Want to be Ready
I Wanna Be Ready
Hymnal: Hymns for a Pilgrim People #473 (2007) Meter: 8.10.8.10 with refrain First Line: John said the city was just foursquare Lyrics: Refrain:
I wanna be ready,
I wanna be ready.
I wanna be ready to walk in Jerusalem just like John.
1 John said the city was just four-square,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
and he declared he'd meet me there.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain]
2 I've never been to heaven but I've been told
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
that the streets up there are paved with gold.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain]
3 If you get there before I do,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
tell all my friends I'm comin' too.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain] Topics: Eternal Life; Funeral; Salvation Scripture: Revelation 21:2 Languages: English Tune Title: BE READY
I Wanna Be Ready
I Wanna Be Ready
Hymnal: Total Praise #598 (2011) Meter: 8.10.8.10 with refrain First Line: John said the city was just four-square Lyrics: Refrain:
I wanna be ready,
I wanna be ready.
I wanna be ready to walk in Jerusalem just like John.
1 John said the city was just four-square,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
and he declared he'd meet me there.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain]
2 I've never been to heaven but I've been told
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
that the streets up there are paved with gold.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain]
3 If you get there before I do,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
tell all my friends I'm comin' too.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain] Topics: Aspiration; Heaven; Solos; Spirituals Scripture: Revelation 21:2 Languages: English Tune Title: BE READY
I Wanna Be Ready
I Wanna Be Ready
Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #600 (2001) Meter: 8.10.8.10 with refrain First Line: John said the city was just four-square Lyrics: Refrain:
I wanna be ready,
I wanna be ready.
I wanna be ready
to walk in Jerusalem just like John.
1 John said the city was just four-square,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
and he declared he'd meet me there.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. Oh, [Refrain]
2 I've never been to heaven but I've been told
To walk in Jerusalem just like John..
that the streets up there are paved with gold.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain]
3 If you get there before I do,
To walk in Jerusalem just like John.
tell all my friends I'm comin' too.
To walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain] Topics: Everlasting Life Scripture: Revelation 21:2 Languages: English Tune Title: BE READY
I Wanna Be Ready
Anonymous
Author of "I Want to Be Ready" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
William Farley Smith
1941 - 1997 Adapter and Arranger of "I WANT TO BE READY" in The United Methodist Hymnal
William Farley Smith
J. R. Baxter
1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Arranger of "I Want to be Ready" in Jubilee Spirituals Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960)
Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama.
Died: January 21, 1960.
Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997.
Lyrics--
After the Sunrise
Farther Along
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940)
He Bore It All
I Have Peace in My Soul
I Hold His Hand (© 1929)
I Love My Savior, Too
I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim
I’m Living in Canaan Now
Living Grace
Praise the Lamb of God
Something Happens
Travel the Sunlit Way
Try Jesus
When He Blessed My Soul
When We Meet to Part No More
© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
J. R. Baxter
