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Christ in Song 390

I'LL GO WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO

Words: Mary BrownMusic: Charles E. Rounsefell

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1It may not be on the moun-tain height, Or o-ver the storm-y sea;
It may not be at the bat-tle's front My Lord will have need of me;
But if by a still small voice he calls To paths I do not know,
I'll an-swer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine, I'll go where you want me to go.

RefrainI'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord, O'er moun-tain, or plain, or sea;
I'll say what you want me to say, dear Lord, I'll be what you want me to be.

2Per-haps to-day there are lov-ing words Which Je-sus would have me speak;
There may be now in the paths of sin Some wan-d'rer whom I should seek;
O Sav-ior, if thou wilt be my guide, Tho' dark and rug-ged the way,
My voice shall ech-o the mes-sage sweet, I'll say what you want me to say.

The verse

Meter
16.16.15.18
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

It may not be on the moun-tain height, Or o-ver the storm-y sea;˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/16A
It may not be at the bat-tle's front My Lord will have need of me;˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘16A
But if by a still small voice he calls To paths I do not know,˘˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘/15B
I'll an-swer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine, I'll go where you want me to go.//˘//˘˘/˘////˘/˘˘/18B

Verse 2

Per-haps to-day there are lov-ing words Which Je-sus would have me speak;˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/16A
There may be now in the paths of sin Some wan-d'rer whom I should seek;/˘˘/˘˘/˘//??˘˘˘/16A
O Sav-ior, if thou wilt be my guide, Tho' dark and rug-ged the way,˘/˘˘//˘˘///˘/˘˘/16B
My voice shall ech-o the mes-sage sweet, I'll say what you want me to say.˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘/˘˘/17B

Refrain

I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord, O'er moun-tain, or plain, or sea;///˘/˘˘/////˘˘/˘/17A
I'll say what you want me to say, dear Lord, I'll be what you want me to be.//˘˘/˘˘////˘˘˘/˘˘˘18A

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.