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Bound for the Land of Canaan/ How Happy Is The Pilgrim's Lot/Canaan
Revival hymn; Unknown folk-hymn attributed to Elder Jacob Knapp- 1842;
ARTIST: folk-hymn attributed to Elder Jacob Knapp- 1842
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CATEGORY: Traditional Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: Published 1842;
RECORDING INFO: Bound for the Land of Canaan
Revival Melodies, or, Songs of Zion; Page 11; Boston Massachusetts 1842
OTHER NAMES: "How Happy Is The Pilgrim's Lot"
RELATED TO: "Bound for Canaan's Land" "Bound for The Promised Land"
SOURCES: Revival Melodies, or, Songs of Zion; Page 11; Boston Massachusetts 1842
NOTES: "Bound for the Land of Canaan " or "Canaan" appears in Revival Melodies, or, Songs of Zion; Page 11; published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1842. It is an excellent early call and response type folk-hymn. Another set of lyrics is given under the title, "How Happy Is The Pilgrim's Lot." A third set is found in "A Collection of Sabbath School Hymns," compiled by a Sabbath School Teacher, for the Benefit of the Children of the Confederate States; Raleigh Register Steam-Power Press, 1863.
Other similar versions were printed in the revival hynmal of the mid-1800s. There is a strong likelyhood that Glass, who's is credited with adding the chorus of "Bound In the Promised Land" circa 1853 simply substituted "promised land" for "land of Canaan."
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land;
Oh who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land.
It's also possible that Glass heard this and simply added it to the verses. A relationship with the African-American spiritual "Bound for Canaan Land" and the similar "Sweet Canaan's Happy Land" can be made as both songs are in the call-and-reponse spiritual form.
Bound for the Land of Canaan - "Canaan" by Rev. Elder Jacob Knapp from Revival Melodies, or, Songs of Zion; Page 11; Boston, Massachusetts, 1842.
1. Together let us sweetly live.
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
Together let us sweetly die,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
CHORUS: O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
2. If you get there before I do,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
Look out for me I'm coming too,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
3. I have some friends before me gone,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
And I'm resolved to travel on,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
4. Our songs of praise shall fill the skies,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
While higher still our joys they rise,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
How Happy Is The Pilgrim's Lot from Rev. Elder Jacob Knapp from Revival Melodies, or, Songs of Zion; Page 11; Boston, Massachusetts, 1842.
1. How happy is the pilgrim's lot,
I am bound for the land of Canaan,
How free from every anxious tho't,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
CHORUS: O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
2. Nothing on earth I call my own,
I am bound for the land of Canaan,
A stranger to the world unknown,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
3. I trample on the whole delight,
I am bound for the land of Canaan,
And seek a city out of sight,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
4. There is my house and portion fair,
I am bound for the land of Canaan,
My treasure and my heart are there,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
5. For me my elder brethren stay,
I am bound for the land of Canaan,
And angels beckon me away,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
6. Then come with me, beloved friend,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
The joys-of heaven shall never end,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
I AM BOUND FOR THE LAND OF CANAAN- Sabbath School Hymn, c. 1860
Anon., 1863, A Collection of Sabbath School Hymns. Compiled by a Sabbath School Teacher, for the Benefit of the Children of the Confederate States. Raleigh Register Steam-Power Press, 1863.
1. Together let us sweetly live,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
Together let us sweetly die,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Chorus: O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
2. If you get there before I do,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
Then praise the Lord, I'm coming too,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
3. Part of my friends the prize have won,
I am bound for the land of Canaan;
And I'm resolved to travel on,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
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