[Main] [Poetry Index]* [Poets] 1991 Denson Revision: [Titles] [Pages] [First Lines]* 2012 Cooper Revision: [Titles] [Pages] [First Lines]*
* Index of the First Line of Each Stanza, the Fifth Line of Eight Line Stanzas, and the First Line of the Chorus
[Previous] [Next]

My Home (Lisbon) 51

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: Arranged by C. F. Letson, 1869
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Poet: Samuel Stennett, 1787
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.

(Chorus)
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,, Stanza 1
Chorus
Don't you feel like going home;
My home it is in the promised land,
And I feel like going home.
Yes, I feel like going home;
My home it is in the promised land,
And I feel like going home.
2
O the transporting rapt'rous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.

(Chorus)
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,, Stanza 2