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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 94

WILL YOU GO?

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1WE'RE going to see the bleeding Lamb,
Will you go? Will you go?
In rapturous strains to praise his name,
Will you go? Will you go?
The crown of life we there shall wear,
The conqueror's palms our hands shall bear,
And all the joys of heaven we'll share,
Will you go? Will you go?

2We're going to join the heavenly choir,
Will you go? Will you go?
To raise our voice and tune the lyre,
Will you go? Will you go?
There saints and angels gladly sing,
Hosanna to their God and King,
And make the heavenly arches ring,
Will you go? Will you go?

3Ye weary, heavy laden, come,
Will you go? Will you go?
In the blest house there still is room,
Will you go? Will you go?
The Lord is waiting to receive,
If thou wilt on him now believe,
He'll give thy troubled conscience ease,
Come, believe! Come, believe!

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The verse

Meter
9.6.9.6.8.10.9.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

WE'RE going to see the bleeding Lamb,//˘˘/˘/˘/9A
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B
In rapturous strains to praise his name,˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9C
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B
The crown of life we there shall wear,˘/˘/˘/˘/8D
The conqueror's palms our hands shall bear,˘/˘˘//˘/˘/10D
And all the joys of heaven we'll share,˘/˘/˘/˘//9D
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B

Verse 2

We're going to join the heavenly choir,//˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘11A
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B
To raise our voice and tune the lyre,˘//˘/˘/˘/9C
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B
There saints and angels gladly sing,//˘/˘/˘/8D
Hosanna to their God and King,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8D
And make the heavenly arches ring,˘/˘/˘˘/˘/9D
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B

Verse 3

Ye weary, heavy laden, come,//˘/˘/˘/8A
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B
In the blest house there still is room,˘˘////˘/8C
Will you go? Will you go?˘˘/˘˘/6B
The Lord is waiting to receive,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8D
If thou wilt on him now believe,˘//˘˘/˘/8D
He'll give thy troubled conscience ease,////˘/˘/8E
Come, believe! Come, believe!/˘//˘/6D

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.