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Sweet Canaan 87

Tune: Arranged by Elisha J. King, 1844
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Lyrics: Mead’s General Selection, 1807
Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)
O who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
I’m bound fair Canaan’s land to see,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.

Chorus:

O Canaan, sweet Canaan,
I’m bound for the land of Canaan,
Sweet Canaan, ’tis my happy home;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.

I’ll join with those who’re gone before,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Where sin and sorrow are no more,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.

(Chorus)