No. 248 I Want to Go to Glory, Swp 168
Hexatonic, cannot be classified (I II 3 IV V 6 —)
Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,
I want to go to glory;
He whom I fix my hopes upon,
I want to go to glory.
I want to go, I want to go,
I want to go to glory;
We’ve so many trials here below,
They say there are none in glory.
The full text, by Samuel Medley (1738-1799), may be found under ‘River of Jordan’ in this collection. The Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist gives this tune “as sung by Rev. M. L. Little”. An old Irish song in Petrie, No. 1164, shows noteworthy similarities. See also ‘I Want a Seat in Paradise’, in this collection, for further tune relationships.