Bilingual
I Want To Be A Worker
- Words:
- Isaiah Batltzell, tr. Pedro Grano
- Music:
- Isaiah Batltzell
Sheet music
- 1I want to be a worker for the Lord;I want to love and trust His holy Word;I want to sing and pray, and be busy ev'ry day,In the vineyard of the Lord.I will work, (work and pray,)I will pray, (work and pray,)In the vineyard, in the vineyard of the Lord; (of the Lord;)I will work, I will pray,I will labor ev'ry day,In the vineyard of the Lord.
- 2I want to be a worker ev'ry day;I want to lead the erring in the wayThat leads to heav'n above, where all is peace and love,In the kingdom of the Lord.I will work, (work and pray,)I will pray, (work and pray,)In the vineyard, in the vineyard of the Lord; (of the Lord;)I will work, I will pray,I will labor ev'ry day,In the vineyard of the Lord.
- 3I want to be a worker strong and brave;I want to trust in Jesus' pow'r to save;All who will truly come shall find a happy home,In the kingdom of the Lord.I will work, (work and pray,)I will pray, (work and pray,)In the vineyard, in the vineyard of the Lord; (of the Lord;)I will work, I will pray,I will labor ev'ry day,In the vineyard of the Lord.
- 4I want to be a worker, help me, Lord,To lead the lost and erring to Thy wordThat points to joys on high,Where pleasures never dieIn the kingdom of the Lord.I will work, (work and pray,)I will pray, (work and pray,)In the vineyard, in the vineyard of the Lord; (of the Lord;)I will work, I will pray,I will labor ev'ry day,In the vineyard of the Lord.
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.