No. 233 My Bible Leads to Glory, Rev 385
Hexatonic, 6th missing, cannot be classified, obviously ionian (I II III IV V — VII)
My bible leads to glory,
My bible leads to glory,
My bible leads to glory,
Ye foll’wers of the Lamb,
Sing on, pray on,
Foll’wers of Immanuel;
Sing on, pray on,
Soldiers of the cross.
Subsequent stanzas are constructed from such sentences as:
Religion makes me happy.
King Jesus is my captain.
I long to see my Savior.
Then farewell, sin and sorrow.
We’ll have a shout in glory.
We’ll wave our palms forever.
A variant of tune and words is in Richardson, p. 68. The melody is the same as ‘Bobbing Around’ which was published by Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, about 1855, as one of a series called Melodies of the day.