Canaan- Hymn "Bound For the Land of Canaan"

Canaan
"Bound for the Land of Canaan"
(Four Versions)
Elder Jacob Knapp- 1842

Canaan/Bound for the Land of Canaan/ How Happy Is The Pilgrim's Lot

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: Canaan/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" "Bound for Canaan's Land"

RELATED TO: "Bound for The Promised Land"

SOURCES: Revival Melodies, or, Songs of Zion‎; Page 11;  Boston Massachusetts 1842

NOTES: "Canaan" or "Bound for the Land of 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.

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.

CANAAN- From the American Vocalist; D. H. Mansfield (Boston, 1848 and 1849)

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, sweet 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. The way the holy prophets went,
I am bound for the land of Canaan,
The way that leads from banishment,
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.