On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand

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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;

oh, who will come and go with me?

I am bound for the promised land.

O'er all those wide extended plains

shines one eternal day;

there God the Son forever reigns,

and scatters night away. [Refrain]

No chilling winds or poisonous breath

can reach that healthful shore;

sickness and sorrow, pain and death,

are felt and feared no more. [Refrain]

When I shall reach that happy place,

I'll be forever blest,

for I shall see my Father's face,

and in his bosom rest. [Refrain]

Author: Samuel Stennett (1787)

Tune: [On Jordan's stormy banks I stand] (American)