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SDA Hymnal 288

I Am Going to Calvary

Words: Brian WrenMusic: Charles StrangeTune: [unclear][unclear]

Studio

1I am going to Calvary,
Would you like to come with Me
All the way and back again?
You must follow the Leader then.

RefrainYou must follow the Leader,
You must follow the Leader,
If you follow the Leader,
When you follow the Leader,
You must follow the Leader,
If you follow the Leader,
If you follow the Leader,
When you follow the Leader,
All the way and back again,
Love will answer everything
You will learn to carry it too
Love's the lord of everything,
You must follow the Leader.
If you follow the Leader.
If you follow the Leader.
When you follow the Leader.

2If I wear a thorny crown,
If the soldiers knock Me down
Can I really be a king?
Love will answer everything

3When I go along the road,
I shall lift a heavy load.
I will carry a cross for you.
You will learn to carry it too

4I am going to stretch My hands,
Reaching out to all the lands.
Can I really be a king?
Love's the lord of everything,

Tune
[unclear]
Meter
[unclear]

Words © 1983, rev. 1996 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
8.7.7.8
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 57% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I am going to Calvary,˘˘/˘˘/˘˘8A
Would you like to come with Me˘˘/˘/˘˘7B
All the way and back again?/˘/˘/˘/7C
You must follow the Leader then.˘//˘˘/˘/8C

Verse 2

If I wear a thorny crown,˘˘/˘/˘/7A
If the soldiers knock Me down˘˘/˘/˘/7A
Can I really be a king?˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
Love will answer everything/˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

When I go along the road,/˘/˘/˘/7A
I shall lift a heavy load.˘˘/˘/˘/7A
I will carry a cross for you.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘8B
You will learn to carry it too˘˘/˘/˘˘/8B

Verse 4

I am going to stretch My hands,˘˘/˘˘/˘/8A
Reaching out to all the lands./˘/˘/˘/7A
Can I really be a king?˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
Love's the lord of everything,/˘/˘/˘/7B

Refrain

You must follow the Leader,˘//˘˘/˘7A
You must follow the Leader,˘//˘˘/˘7A
If you follow the Leader,˘˘/˘˘/˘7A
When you follow the Leader,/˘/˘˘/˘7A
You must follow the Leader,˘//˘˘/˘7A
If you follow the Leader,˘˘/˘˘/˘7A
If you follow the Leader,˘˘/˘˘/˘7A
When you follow the Leader,/˘/˘˘/˘7A
All the way and back again,/˘/˘/˘/7B
Love will answer everything/˘/˘/˘/7C
You will learn to carry it too˘˘/˘/˘˘/8D
Love's the lord of everything,/˘/˘/˘/7C
You must follow the Leader.˘//˘˘/˘7A
If you follow the Leader.˘˘/˘˘/˘7A
If you follow the Leader.˘˘/˘˘/˘7A
When you follow the Leader./˘/˘˘/˘7A

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.