On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

early American folk melody

&b C &b &b

On Jor - dan's

storm - y

banks I

stand, and

cast a

wish - ful eye

To Can - aan's fair

and

I am bound for the prom-ised land,

j .

hap - py land, where my poss - ess - ions

lie.

I am bound for the prom-ised land,

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o,

who will come and go with me? I am bound for the prom ised land.