I Want to Be Ready ================== w: American Negro spiritual (Rev. 21:2, 16) m: American Negro spiritual; adapted & arr. William Farley Smith, 1986 meter: Irr. w/refrain [Refrain] I want to be ready, I want to be ready, I want to be ready to walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Verse 1] O John, O John, what did you say? Walk in Jerusalem just like John! That you'd be there on judgment day. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! [Refrain] [Verse 2] John said the city was just foursquare. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! And he declared he'd meet me there. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! [Refrain] [Verse 3] Now sinners, mind how you step on the cross. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! Your foot might slip and your soul get lost. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! [Refrain]