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Thread #99117 Message #1971167
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Feb-07 - 08:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I Am Bound for the Land of Canaan
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Am Bound for the Land of Canaan
The chorus of "Sweet Canaan" as posted by Azizi is from Marsh, as noted by Masato. ("Oh, the land I am bound for"). The verses are: "Oh, my brother, did you come for to help me? (3x) Pray give me your right hand, your right hand." (not pray and give) Oh, my sister, did you come for to help me? (3x) Pray give me yout right hand, your right hand.
No. 112, with score, p. 243, Marsh, J. B. T., 1880s revised ed. (75th thousand), "The Story of the Jubilee Singers; with Their Songs," Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston. Also in Gibbs, W. J., 1920s, "Negro Spirituals, or the Songs of the Jubilee Singers," no. 112.