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Thread #99117   Message #2895030
Posted By: Richie
26-Apr-10 - 11:13 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 lyrics don't jive with the music (commas are wrong, there is no "for" before "pray") should be as if you were singing it:

Sweet Canaan
Fisk Jubilee Singers

Oh, the land I am bound
For Sweet Canaan's happy land
I am bound
For Sweet Canaan's happy land
I am bound
Pray give me your right hand.

Oh, my brother, did you come for to help me?
Oh, my brother, did you come for to help me?
Oh, my brother, did you come for to help me?
Pray give me your right hand.

Oh, my sister, did you come for to help me?
Oh, my sister, did you come for to help me?
Oh, my sister, did you come for to help me?
Pray give me your right hand.