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I WANT TO BE READY
Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 19 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith Hymnal Title: The United Methodist Hymnal 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 12 hymnals Hymnal Title: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal 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
Appears in 19 hymnals Hymnal Title: Lift Every Voice and Sing II First Line: John said that Jerusalem was four-square 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 John said that Jerusalem was four-square,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
I hope, good Lord, I’ll meet you there,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. O [Refrain]
2 When Peter was preaching at Pentecost,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
O he was filled with the Holy Ghost,
Walk in Jerusalem just like John. O [Refrain] Topics: Advent Used With Tune: [John said that Jerusalem was four-square] Text Sources: Traditional
I Want to Be Ready
I Wanna Be Ready
Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #600 (2001) Meter: 8.10.8.10 with refrain Hymnal Title: African American Heritage Hymnal 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
I Want to Be Ready (Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John)
Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #510 (2011) Meter: Irregular Hymnal Title: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal 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 Languages: English Tune Title: WALK IN JERUSALEM
I Want to Be Ready (Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John)
I Wanna Be Ready
Hymnal: Hymns for a Pilgrim People #473 (2007) Meter: 8.10.8.10 with refrain Hymnal Title: Hymns for a Pilgrim People 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
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Hymnal Title: African American Heritage Hymnal Arranger of "BE READY" in African American Heritage Hymnal Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist.
Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University.
She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North).
Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era.
--en.wikipedia.org
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
Robert O. Hoffelt
b. 1920 Person Name: Robert O. Hoffelt, 1920- Hymnal Title: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Composer of "WALK IN JERUSALEM" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal
Robert O. Hoffelt
J. R. Baxter
1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal Title: Jubilee Spirituals 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
