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African American Heritage Hymnal |
| | | I Wanna Be Ready | John said the city was just four-square | #600 | I wanna be ready | Everlasting Life | | I wanna be ready, I wanna be ready. I ... | | Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 | 8.10.8.10 with refrain | Revelation 21:2 | BE READY | F Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Negro Spiritual | | Negro Spiritual | | | 2001 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 988339 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal |
| | | I Want to Be Ready (Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John) | O John, O John, what did you say? | #510 | I want to be ready | The Christian Life Death and Life Eternal; Victory | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | Robert O. Hoffelt, 1920- | Irregular | John 8:31 | WALK IN JERUSALEM | F Major or modal | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Traditional Spiritual | | Traditional Spiritual | | | 2011 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1618183 |
Hymns for a Pilgrim People: a congregational hymnal |
| | | I Wanna Be Ready | John said the city was just foursquare | #473 | I wanna be ready | Eternal Life; Funeral; Salvation | | I wanna be ready, I wanna be ready. I ... | | Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, 1953- | 8.10.8.10 with refrain | Revelation 21:2 | BE READY | F Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Spiritual | | Spiritual | | | 2007 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1361275 |
Jubilee Spirituals |
| | | I Want to be Ready | That city John saw was-a built four square | #10 | I want to be ready | | | | J. R. Baxter, Jr. | V. O. Fossett | | | [That city John saw was-a built four square] | | 11135566615321222316 | | English | | | | | | 1945 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1486058 |
| | | I Want to be Ready | John said the city was just foursquare | #175 | I want to be ready | | | | B. B. E. | B. B. Edmiaston | | | [John said the city was just foursquare] | | 11135566615321222316 | | English | | | | | | 1945 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1486231 |
Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) |
| | | I Wanna Be Ready | John said the city was just foursquare | #712 | I wanna be ready | Funeral Sacraments; City of God; Eternal Life; Heaven; Judgment; Spirituals | | I wanna be ready, I wanna be ready. I ... | | Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 | 8.10.8.10 with refrain | Revelation 21:16-18 | BE READY | F Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Negro Spiritual | | Negro Spiritual | | | 2012 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1199279 |
Lift Every Voice and Sing II: an African American hymnal |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | John said that Jerusalem was four-square | #7 | I want to be ready | Advent | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) | | | [John said that Jerusalem was four-square] | E♭ Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Traditional | | Negro Spiritual | | | 1993 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1157316 |
Old Fashioned Revival Hour Songs |
| | | Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John | O John, O John, now did'nt you say | #105 | I want to be ready | | | | | J. B. Herbert | | | [O John, O John, now did'nt you say] | | 11135566615321222316 | | English | | | | | | 1950 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1595590 |
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal |
| | | I Wanna Be Ready | John said the city was just foursquare | #624 | I wanna be ready | The Gospel in the Christian Life Eternal Life; Heaven; Spirituals | | I wanna be ready, I wanna be ready, I ... | | Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, b. 1953 | 8.10.8.10 with refrain | Revelation 21:16-18 | BE READY | E♭ Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Negro Spiritual | | Negro Spiritual | | | 2018 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1637136 |
Praise and Worship Hymns |
| | | Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John | John said the city was just foursquare | #145 | I want to be ready | Spirituals | | | | J. B. Herbert | | | [John said the city was just foursquare] | | 11135566615321222316 | | English | | | | | | 1927 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1400763 |
Praise Ye the Lord: A New Song Book for Use in All Departments of Church Work |
| | | Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John | O John, O John, now didn't you say | #29 | I want to be ready | | | | | J. B. Herbert | | | [O John, O John, now didn't you say] | | 11135566615321222316 | | English | | | | | | 1940 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1983312 |
Seth Parker's Hymnal |
| | | Walk in Jerusalem just like John | O John, O John, now didn't you say? | #230 | I want to be ready | Spirituals | | | | J. B. Herbert | | | [O John, O John, now didn't you say?] | F Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | | | | | | 1930 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 650753 |
Songs of Faith and Praise |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | O John, O John, what did you say? | #987 | | | | | | Alton Howard; Pam Stephenson | Irregular | | JUST LIKE JOHN | D Major | 11135566615321222316 | | | Afro-American spiritual | | Afro-American spiritual | | | 1994 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1996806 |
Songs of Zion |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | O John, O John, what do you say? | #151 | I want to be ready | Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-; Verolga Nix, 1933- | | | [O John, O John, what do you say?] | F Major or modal | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Traditional | | Traditional | | | 1981 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1489510 |
The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | John said that Jerusalem was four-square | #607 | I want to be ready | Spirituals | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | R. Nathaniel Dett | | | I WANT TO BE READY | E♭ Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Traditional Spiritual | | | | | 1999 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1800829 |
The Cyber Hymnal |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | John said the city was just foursquare | #3171 | I want to be ready | | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | [John said the city was just foursquare] | E♭ Major | 111356661532122 | | English | African-American spiritual | | African-American spiritual | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1150400 |
The New Century Hymnal |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | Oh, John, oh, John, what do you say? | #616 | I want to be ready | Biblical Names; Eternal Life; Faith and Aspiration; Realm of God; Year A New Year; Year A Lent 5; Year A Proper 27; Year B New Year; Year B All Saints; Year C New Year; Year C Easter 5 | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | J. Jefferson Cleveland; Verolga Nix | Irregular | Revelation 21:1-27 | I WANT TO BE READY | E♭ Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | African-American spiritual | | African-American spiritual | | | 1995 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1144881 |
The United Methodist Hymnal |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | O John, O John, what did you say | #722 | I want to be ready | New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God); Heaven; Judgment; Triumph | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | William Farley Smith | Irregular with refrain | | I WANT TO BE READY | D Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Afro-American spiritual | | Afro-American spiritual | | | 1989 | | 222857 | | | 1 | 1 | 12572 |
This Far By Faith: an African American resource for worship |
| | | I Want to Be Ready | John said that Jerusalem was foursquare | #41 | | Advent; Heaven, Eternal Life; Last Times | | I want to be ready, I want to be ... | | R. Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943 | | Acts 2:14 | [John said that Jerusalem was foursquare] | E♭ Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | African American spiritual | | African American spiritual | | | 1999 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1396049 |
Total Praise: songs and other worship resources for every generation |
| | | I Wanna Be Ready | John said the city was just four-square | #598 | I wanna be ready | Aspiration; Heaven; Solos; Spirituals | | I wanna be ready, I wanna be ready. I ... | | Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, b. 1953 | 8.10.8.10 with refrain | Revelation 21:2 | BE READY | E♭ Major | 11135566615321222316 | | English | Negro Spiritual | | Negro Spiritual | | | 2011 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1627129 |