Run, Come See Jerusalem

Words & Music:

Traditional Gospel

 

E                                                                  B7

It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine, run come see, run come see,

          E        E7          A      Am              E    B7    E

It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine.  Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

That day they were talkin' 'bout a storm on the islands, run come see, run come see,

That day they were talkin' 'bout a storm on the islands. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

That day there were three ships leavin' out the harbor, run come see, run come see,

That day there were three ships leavin' out the harbor. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

It was the Ethel, the Myrtle and the Pretoria, run come see, run come see,

It was the Ethel, the Myrtle and the Pretoria. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

They were bound for the island of Andros, run come see, run come see,

They were bound for the island of Andros. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

The Pretoria was out on the ocean, run come see, run come see,

The Pretoria was out on the ocean. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

Right then it was a big sea built up in the northwest, run come see, run come see,

Then a big sea built up in the northwest. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

My God, when the first wave hit the Pretoria, run come see, run come see,

When the first wave hit the Pretoria. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

My God, there were thirty-three souls on the water, run come see, run come see,

There were thirty-three souls on the water. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

My God, now George Brown he was the captain, run come see, run come see,

George Brown he was the captain. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

He said, "Come now, witness your judgment," run come see, run come see,

He said, "Come now, witness your judgment." Run come see, Jerusalem.

 

There'll be no more waiting on Andros, run come see, run come see,

There'll be no more waiting on Andros. Run come see, Jerusalem.

 





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