Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!
Three gates in a de east,
Three gates in a de west,
Three gates in a de north,
Three gates in a de south,
Makin ‘it twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!
My Lord built a-dat city,
And he said it was just a four square,
And he said he wanted you sinners
To meet him in a-de air,
Case he built Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!!!
Copyright, 1940, by G. Schrimer, Inc.
Performed by
Marian Anderson