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SWEET
CANAAN.
8s
&
9s.
"I
will
give
unto
you
to
possess
it,
a
land
that
floweth
with
milk
and
honey."-LEV.
20:
24.
REV.
JOHN
MOFFITT,
1829.
Key
of
F
Major.
REV.
JOHN
MOFFITT,
1829.
1. {
O
who
will
come
and
go
with
me?
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan;
I'm
bound
fair
Ca - naan's
land
to
see,
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
- naan.
} O
Ca
-
naan,
sweet
Ca - naan,
I'm
2. {
I'll
join
with
those
who're
gone
be
-
fore,
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan;
Where
sin
and
sor
-
row
are
no
more,
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan. }
O
Ca - naan,
sweet
Ca
- naan,
I'm
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan,
Sweet
Ca
-
naan,
'tis
my
hap
-
py
home;
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan.
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan,
Sweet
Ca
-
naan,
'tis
my
hap
-
py
home;
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Ca
-
naan.
The
original
name
of
this
song
was
"
O
Canaan,
Bright
Canaan."
John
Wesley
tried
to
change
it
and
applied
it
to
another
song,
"
How
Happy
is
the
Pil-
grim's
Lot."
It
would
not
be
changed
from
the
old
air.
One
of
the
old
verses
was,
If
you
get
there
before
I
do,
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Canaan;
look
out
for
me,
I
am
coming,
too,
I
am
bound
for
the
land
of
Canaan."
The
original
chorus
was
"O
Canaan,
bright
Canaan."
It
is
a
fact
that
in
the
early
days
of
this
song
many
souls
were
born
into
the
kingdom
of
God
by
the
sound
of
the
crude
woodland
songs.
About
1844
E.
J.
King
made
a
few
alterations
in
the
tune
and
words,
changing
"
Bright
Canaan
"
to
"Sweet
Canaan."
With
few
exceptions
the
tune
is
as
it
was
originally
written.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.