I Am Bound for the Promised Land

I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred Karnes

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

And cast a wishful eye

To Canaan's fair and happy land

Where my possessions lie

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

Over all those wide extended plains

Shines one eternal day

There God the Son forever reigns

And scatters night away

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

No chilling winds or poisonous breath

Can reach that healthful shore

Sickness and sorrow pain and death

Are felt and feared no more

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

When I shall reach that happy place

And be forever blessed

When I shall see my Father's face

And in his bosom rest

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

Filled with delight my raptured soul

Would here no longer stay;

Though Jordan's waves around me roll,

Fearless I'd launch away.

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