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Text:O, To Be Ready
Author:Frank Marion Davis
Tune:[O, to be robed and ready]
Composer:Frank Marion Davis
Media:MIDI file

12912. O, To Be Ready

1 O, to be robed and ready,
Ready when the Lord shall come;
O, to be waiting, watching,
Watching for the summons home.

Refrain:
O, to be ready, O, to be waiting,
Waiting for the Lord to come;
O, to be waiting, watching,
Watching for the summons home.

2 O, to be robed and ready,
Ready for the call to go;
Washed in the crimson fountain,
Till ev’ry stain is white as snow. [Refrain]

3 O, to be robed and ready,
Ready, for it may be near;
When in a cloud of glory
Blessed Jesus shall appear. [Refrain]

4 O, to be robed and ready,
Ready for eternal rest;
Ready to join the ransomed
In the city of the blest. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O, to be robed and ready
Title: O, To Be Ready
Author: Frank Marion Davis (1858)
Refrain First Line: O, to be ready, O, to be waiting
Language: English
Source: The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems by B. Lloyd (La Mesa, CA: 1858)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [O, to be robed and ready]
Composer: Frank Marion Davis
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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