Text: | On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand |
Author: | Samuel Stennett, 1727-1795 |
Tune: | PROMISED LAND |
Arranger: | Rigdon M. McInstosh, 1836-1899 |
1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Refrain:
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land;
O who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land.
2 All o'er those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns
And scatters night away. [Refrain]
3 No chilling winds or poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and feared no more. [Refrain]
4 When I shall reach that happy place,
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in His bosom rest? [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand |
Title: | On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand |
Author: | Samuel Stennett, 1727-1795 |
Refrain First Line: | I am bound for the promised land |
Meter: | CM with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Death and Life Eternal; Ascription; Heaven(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PROMISED LAND |
Arranger: | Rigdon M. McInstosh, 1836-1899 |
Meter: | CM with Refrain |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Trad. American folk Melody |