Run, Come, See Jerusalem
Words and Music by Blake Alphonso Higgs (Blind Blake)
© Copyright 1952 and 1963 by HOLLIS MUSIC, INC., New York, N.Y.

1.
'Twas Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Nine,
Run, come see Jerusalem,
'Twas Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Nine,
Run, come see Jerusalem,

2.
Well, then there was a talk about a storm in our island
Run, come see Jerusalem (My God, what a beautiful morning)
They were talkin' about a storm in our island.
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.

3.
Well, then there were three sails leaving from the harbour
Run, Come, see Jerusalem (with the women and children on board)
There were three sails leaving from the harbour
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.

4.
These sails was the Ethel, and Myrtle and Pretoria
Run, Come, see Jerusalem (My god, they were bound for Andros)
The Ethel, and Myrtle and Pretoria
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.

5.
Right then, well the Ethel was bound for Stanniard Creek
Run, Come, see Jerusalem (with the women and children on board)
Yes, the Ethel was bound for Stanniard Creek
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.

6.
My God, well the Myrtle was bound for French Creek
Run, Come, see Jerusalem (My God, what a beautiful morning)
Well, the Myrtle she was bound for French Creek
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.

7.
Oh Lord, Pretoria was out on the ocean
Run, Come, See Jerusalem (Dashing from side to side from waves)
Well, the Pretoria was out on the ocean.
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.

8.
Great God, well the sea built up in the northwest
Run, Come, see Jerusalem (Well the children run looking for their mothers)
When the sea built up in the northwest
Run, Come, see Jerusalem.



[Patterson, Massie, Heyward, Sammy, eds., Calypso Folk Sing (New York: Ludlow Music, 1963, p.8)]