Text: | On Jordan's Banks |
Author: | Stennet |
Tune: | [On Jordan's stormy banks I stand] |
Composer: | Chas. Edw. Pollock |
1. On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Chorus:
Over Jordan's rolling tide,
In sweet Canaan's land,
We shall dwell forevermore,
A happy band.
2. O the transporting rapturous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields, arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight. [Chorus]
3. O'er all those wide extended plains,
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away. [Chorus]
4. When shall I reach that happy place,
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in his bosom rest? [Chorus]
5. Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay;
Though Jordan's waves around me roll,
Fearless I'd launch away. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand |
Title: | On Jordan's Banks |
Author: | Stennet |
Refrain First Line: | Over Jordan's rolling tide |
Publication Date: | 1888 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [On Jordan's stormy banks I stand] |
Composer: | Chas. Edw. Pollock |
Key: | C Major |