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Millennial Harp 10

Bible leads to glory

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1My Bible leads to glory, My Bible leads to

2glory, My Bible leads to glory, Ye followers of the Lamb.

3Sing on, pray on, ye followers of Immanuel,

4Religion makes me happy, Religion makes me happy,

5Religion makes me happy, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

6I'm on my way to glory, I'm on my way to glory,

7I'm on my way to glory, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

8I'm fighting for a kingdom, I'm fighting for a kingdom,

9I'm fighting for a kingdom, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

10King Jesus is my captain, King Jesus is my captain,

11King Jesus is my captain, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

12We'll have a shout in glory, We'll have a shout in glory,

13We'll have a shout in glory, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

14There we shall live forever, There we shall live forever,

15There we shall live forever, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

The verse

Meter
12
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

My Bible leads to glory, My Bible leads to˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘12A

Verse 2

glory, My Bible leads to glory, Ye followers of the Lamb./˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘˘/16A

Verse 3

Sing on, pray on, ye followers of Immanuel,/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘12A

Verse 4

Religion makes me happy, Religion makes me happy,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 5

Religion makes me happy, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘˘//15A

Verse 6

I'm on my way to glory, I'm on my way to glory,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 7

I'm on my way to glory, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘˘//15A

Verse 8

I'm fighting for a kingdom, I'm fighting for a kingdom,//˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘14A

Verse 9

I'm fighting for a kingdom, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.//˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘˘//15A

Verse 10

King Jesus is my captain, King Jesus is my captain,//˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘14A

Verse 11

King Jesus is my captain, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.//˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘˘//15A

Verse 12

We'll have a shout in glory, We'll have a shout in glory,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 13

We'll have a shout in glory, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘˘//15A

Verse 14

There we shall live forever, There we shall live forever,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 15

There we shall live forever, Ye followers of the Lamb, &c./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘˘//15A

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.