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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 451 · Words: Traditional
Together Let Us Sweetly Live
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A traditional American folk hymn or spiritual using Canaan as a metaphor for heaven, expressing communal devotion and joyful anticipation of the promised land. Its call-and-response refrain is characteristic of 19th-century camp-meeting and shape-note singing traditions.
Verse 1
Together let us sweetly live,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Together love to Jesus give;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Refrain
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Verse 2
Together let us watch and pray;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
And wait redemption's joyous day;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Refrain
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Verse 3
Our songs of praise shall fill the skies;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
While higher still our joys shall rise;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Refrain
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Verse 4
Then come with me, beloved friend;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
The joys to come shall never end;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Refrain
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
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