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aka "O(h) What a Beautiful City". The song was inspired by chapter 21 of the Book of Revelation, where John’s vision of the New Jerusalem is described.
It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
[Chorus]
Oh what a beautiful city (x3)
There's twelve gates to the city Hallelujah
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March 8, 1939
(Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry, Bull City Red) April 1940
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November 1, 1984
1990 A cappella
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January 30, 1996
February 16, 1999
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Released more than 10 years after its recording
June 11, 2002
May 1, 2003
March 14, 2006
2009
May 29, 2012
September 15, 2017
September 14, 2018
Twelve Gates to the City Roman Barten Sherman and Tom Walbank 2018 Unverified
Twelve Gates to the City Corey Harris November 5, 2021 Unverified
April 22, 2022