Old Melodies

Together let us sweetly live

No. 1141
Tune BOUND FOR THE LAND OF CANAAN.
Words Anon.
Music Arranged.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «MISCELLANEOUS—OLD MELODIES.»; hymn number «1141» (large), tune name «BOUND FOR THE LAND OF CANAAN.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ARRANGED.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); no meter and no reference line are printed. Stanza 1 is interlinear: under system 1 «1.» and, between braces, two lines one above the other — «To-geth - er let us sweetly live;— I am bound for the land of Canaan:» (first time through m0–m5) and «To-geth - er love to Jesus give;— I am bound for the land of Canaan.» (on the repeat: end-repeat sign after «Canaan», no start sign) —, then, after the closing brace, the chorus on one line «O Canaan, bright Canaan,» continued under system 2 «I am bound for the land of Canaan; O Canaan, it is my happy home; I am bound for the land of Canaan.». The chorus has no label («Chorus.» is not printed) and is printed only once; it is written below as the second half of stanza 1, where it is printed. Each verse line of the hymn is followed by the refrain line «I am bound for the land of Canaan», set indented in the text stanzas. Stanzas 2–4 follow as text in two columns (stanza 3 runs over into the right column), numbered «2»–«4» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1); «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («live ;—», «Canaan :»); it is closed up here; the curly apostrophe of «redemption's» is written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.