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[I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Phil. V. S. Lindsley Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 31313 32161 23213 Used With Text: Be Ready When My Jesus Comes

Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right Refrain First Line: Get right, stay right Lyrics: Chorus: Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes; Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes, Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes; Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes. 1 I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right, Be ready when my Jesus comes; I want to go to heaven all dressed in white, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] 2 I haven't been to heaven, but I've been told, Be ready when my Jesus comes; That the gates are pearl and the streets are gold, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] 3 I looked over yonder, and did I see, Be ready when my Jesus comes; A band of angels coming after me, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] 4 When I get to heav'n going to shout all about, Be ready when my Jesus comes; And none of them angels can order me out, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right] Text Sources: Collected by K. D. Reddick

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Be Ready When My Jesus Comes

Hymnal: National Jubilee Melodies #122 (1916) First Line: I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right Refrain First Line: Get right, stay right Lyrics: Chorus: Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes; Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes, Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes; Get right, stay right, Be ready when my Jesus comes. 1 I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right, Be ready when my Jesus comes; I want to go to heaven all dressed in white, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] 2 I haven't been to heaven, but I've been told, Be ready when my Jesus comes; That the gates are pearl and the streets are gold, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] 3 I looked over yonder, and did I see, Be ready when my Jesus comes; A band of angels coming after me, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] 4 When I get to heav'n going to shout all about, Be ready when my Jesus comes; And none of them angels can order me out, Be ready when my Jesus comes. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [I want to go to heaven, and I want to go right]