Hymns and Tunes 1876 460
I Will Follow Thee
1I will follow thee, my Saviour, wheresoever thou dost go;
RefrainI will follow thee, my Saviour, Thou didst shed thy blood for me;
2Where thou dost not dwell, blest Jesus, do not let thy servant go.
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The verse
- Meter
- 16
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 58% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
I will follow thee, my Saviour, wheresoever thou dost go;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘????///16A
Verse 2
Where thou dost not dwell, blest Jesus, do not let thy servant go.///˘///˘˘˘///˘/15A
Refrain
I will follow thee, my Saviour, Thou didst shed thy blood for me;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/////˘˘16A
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.