Lift Every Voice and Sing II 10
Oh! What a Beautiful City
- Tune
- [there's three gates in-a the east]
- Composer(s)
- Irma Tillery (b. 1925)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual
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Refrain: Oh! what a beautiful city, Oh! what a beautiful city, Oh! what a beautiful city, Twelve gates-a to the city, Hallelujah!
1 There’s three gates in-a the East, three gates in-a the West; Three gates in-a the North, and three gates in-a the South, making it twelve gates-a to the city, a-Hallelujah. [Refrain]
2 O, my Lord built-a that day, that was just a-fore square; wanted all-a you sinners to meet Him in-a the air, ’Cause He built twelve gates-a to the city, a-Hallelujah. [Refrain]