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Come, children, let us sweetly sing

Come, children, let us sweetly sing

Tune: [Come, children, let us sweetly sing]
Published in 19 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Come, children let us sweetly sing,
We are bound for the land of Canaan;
All glory give to Christ our King,
We are bound for the land of Canaan.

Chorus:
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
We are bound for the land of Canaan;
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
We are bound for the land of Canaan.

2 Come, then, and join our happy band,
We are bound for the land of Canaan;
To ever dwell at Christ's right hand,
We are bound for the land of Canaan. [Chorus]

3 Then louder still our songs shall rise--
We are bound for the land of Canaan,
When we are far beyond the skies--
We are bound for the land of Canaan. [Chorus]

Source: The Little Seraph: in seven character notes, for churches and Sunday-schools #131

Text Information

First Line: Come, children, let us sweetly sing
Refrain First Line: O Canaan, bright Canaan
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a343

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa343

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Bradbury's Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #45

Happy Voices #d24

Joy and Praise for Sunday Schools #d6

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d16

Songs of Praise #d15

Sunday School Hymns of the Second Baptist Church ... Germantown #d10

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #343

The Gem #d23

The Hymns of "Happy Voices" (without music) #d24

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The Little Seraph #131

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #T131

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The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #7a

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The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #45

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #78a

The Sabbath School Hosanna #d27

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Young Singer's Friend #61

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