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 GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN

[To be sung to the tune of The Blood of the Lamb with indicated instrument] I   [Bass drum beaten loudly.]

OOTH led boldly with his big bass drum&mdash; (Are you washed in the blood of the   Lamb?) The Saints smiled gravely and they said: "He's come." (Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?) Walking lepers followed, rank on rank, Lurching bravoes from the ditches dank, Drabs from the alleyways and drug fiends pale&mdash; Minds still passion-ridden, soul-powers frail:&mdash; Vermin-eaten saints with mouldy breath, Unwashed legions with the ways of Death&mdash; (Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?)