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Christ in Song 125

I Will Follow Thee

Words: A. H. AckleyMusic: A. H. Ackley

Studio

1I re - mem - ber I was lost and be - fore thee,
Now I fol - low thee, and I near thee, call - ing me;
Lord and will pray at my knees, Follow him my way of peace, Full of cour - age.

RefrainI will follow thee, I will follow thee, To - day I come, To - day I come;
I will follow thee, I will follow thee, I will follow thee, I will follow thee, I will.

2I re - mem - ber I was lost and be - fore thee,
Now I fol - low thee, and I near thee, call - ing me;
Lord and will pray at my knees, Follow him my way of peace, Full of cour - age.

3I re - mem - ber I was lost and be - fore thee,
Now I fol - low thee, and I near thee, call - ing me;
Lord and will pray at my knees, Follow him my way of peace, Full of cour - age.

By permission. Copyright, 1895, by Fillmore Bros.

The verse

Meter
11.12.18
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
AAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I re - mem - ber I was lost and be - fore thee,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//11A
Now I fol - low thee, and I near thee, call - ing me;/˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘12A
Lord and will pray at my knees, Follow him my way of peace, Full of cour - age./˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘18B

Verse 2

I re - mem - ber I was lost and be - fore thee,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//11A
Now I fol - low thee, and I near thee, call - ing me;/˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘12A
Lord and will pray at my knees, Follow him my way of peace, Full of cour - age./˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘18B

Verse 3

I re - mem - ber I was lost and be - fore thee,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//11A
Now I fol - low thee, and I near thee, call - ing me;/˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘12A
Lord and will pray at my knees, Follow him my way of peace, Full of cour - age./˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘18B

Refrain

I will follow thee, I will follow thee, To - day I come, To - day I come;˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/18A
I will follow thee, I will follow thee, I will follow thee, I will follow thee, I will.˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘22B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.