Hi - I stole this from here (click). Seems to be a mix of a number of interesting songs, taken from a number of apocalyptic Scripture passages, mostly from various passages Revelation. I'll come up with the traditional quote from the King James translation of Revelation in a moment. But the song is kind of a summary of the whole book, which is a description of a vision of the end times. Many different parts of the description begin with "I, John, saw..." I can't find the exact "mighty number" quote, although both chapters 7 and 14 refer to the 144,000 who were sealed or chosen. We Catholics don't spend a whole lot of time on the Book of Revelation. I was supposed to teach Revelation in the Fall of 2000, but I took a 6-week vacation tied to the Getaway instead.
-Joe Offer-

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I, John
(Johnson / Mcfadden / Brooks)


Oh well


* I John saw a mighty number
(A-movin') way up in the middle of the air
Oh well, I John saw a mighty number
(A-movin') way in the middle of the air


*Repeat

Well, there were three gates in the east
(And there were) three gates in the west (let me tell you 'bout)
Three gates in the north (Hallelujah! there were)
Three gates in the south


Well that makes twelve gates to the city
Oh square and wide (Hallelujah!)


* Repeat


Well, old John declared he saw a man
He had twelve bright stars in-a his right hand
Well, his eyes flashed fire like a burnin' sun
Old John got scared and he wanted to run


Well, he wanted to run but his feet wouldn't go
'Cause his conscience cuttin' like a two-edged sword
And he heard a voice that said: John, you take a look
And read what you see, and you write it in a book


He saw twelve angels in the east
(And there were) twelve angels in the west
(Hallelujah brother!) Twelve angels in the north
Twelve angels in the south


That's a total of forty-eight angels to the city
Oh square and wide (Hallelujah!)


* Repeat

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And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

(Rev. 21: 2)