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I Will Shout and Sing in Glory 116

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: Thomas Jefferson Allen, 1902
Poet: Mead's General Selection, 1807 (1st Stanza); William Hunter, 1838 (2nd, 3rd & 4th Stanzas)
Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)

	Stanza	Poetry Source by First Line
1	O who will come and go with me? I am bound for the promised land, I'm bound fair Canaan's land to see, I am bound for the promised land. (Chorus)	Oh! who will come and go with me,, Lines 1 & 2
Chorus	I will shout His praise in glory, So will I, so will I, And we'll all sing hallelujah by and by.
2	My heav'nly home is bright and fair, I am bound for the promised land, No pain or death can enter there, I am bound for the promised land. (Chorus)	The heavenly home is bright and fair,, Stanza 1, Lines 1 & 2
3	Its glitt'ring towers the sun outshine, I am bound for the promised land, That heav'nly mansion shall be mine, I am bound for the promised land. (Chorus)	The heavenly home is bright and fair,, Stanza 1, Lines 3 & 4