Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John
DESCRIPTION: "I want to be ready (x3) To walk in Jerusalem just like John." "John said the city was just foursquare... And he declared we'd meet him there." "When Peter was preaching at Pentecost, He was endowed with the Holy Ghost"AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Barton)
KEYWORDS: religious Bible nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Barton, pp. 34-35, "Walk Jerusalem Jes Like John" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dett, p. 33, "I Want to Be Ready" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 163 in the 1909 edition)
Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 11, (no title) (1 fragment)
Warren-Spirit, pp. 60-61, "I Want to Be Ready (Walk In Jerusalem)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber-FSWB, p. 356, "Walk In Jerusalem, Just Like John" (1 text)
DT, WALKJERU
Roud #12109
RECORDINGS:
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, "Walking In Jerusalem Just Like John" (Decca 28608, 1953)
Excelsior Quartet, "Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John" (OKeh 4619, 1922)
Homer Rodeheaver, "Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John" (Rainbow 1092, 1923)
Sunset Four Jubilee Quartette, "Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John" (Paramount 12292, 1925)
West Virginia Collegiate Institute Glee Club, "Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John" (Brunswick 3498, 1927; Supertone S-2126 [as Harmony Glee Club], 1930)
NOTES: The Biblical references here are a bit confused. The New Jerusalem is said to be descending in Rev. 21:2, and is said to be foursquare in Rev. 21:16 -- but there is no promise to meet John there. The coming of the Spirit at Pentecost is told in Acts 2 -- but the Spirit came FIRST, upon a large group, and only then did Peter preach about it. - RBW
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Here are the lyrics from the Digital Tradition - no source information is given, but it's very similar to the version in the Folksinger's Wordbook:
WALK IN JERUSALEM JUST LIKE JOHN
(cho) I wanna be ready
I wanna be ready
I wanna be ready
To walk in Jerusalem just like John
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 (cho)
Oh John oh John oh didn't you say
You'd be there on that great day
Some came crippled and some came lame
Some came walking in Jesus' name
Now brother, better mind how you step on the cross
Your feet might slip and your soul get lost
If you get there before I do
Just tell my friends I'm coming, too
@gospel
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