old your light, Brudder Robert, Hold your light, Hold your light on Canaan's shore.
What make ole Satan for follow me so?
Satan ain't got nofor do wid me. Hold your light, Hold your light, Hold your light on Canaan's shore.
This would be sung for half an hour at a time, perhapsth the tug of the oar.
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the coming day. I want to go to Canaan, I want to go to Canaan, I want to go to Canaan, To meet 'em at de Canaan, I want to go to Canaan, To meet 'em at de comin‘ day. O, remember, let me go to Canaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. O brudder, let me go to Canaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. My brudCanaan, To meet 'em at de comin‘ day. O, remember, let me go to Canaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. O brudder, let me go to Canaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. My brudder, you — oh!--remember, (Thrice.) To meet 'em at de comin‘ day.
The following begins with a startling affirmation, yet the last line quiCanaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. O brudder, let me go to Canaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. My brudder, you — oh!--remember, (Thrice.) To meet 'em at de comin‘ day.
The following begins with a startling affirmation, yet the last line quite outdoes the first.
This, too, was a capital boat-song.
X. One more river. O, Jordan bank was a great old bank, Dere ain't but one mCanaan, ( Thrice.) To meet 'em, &c. My brudder, you — oh!--remember, (Thrice.) To meet 'em at de comin‘ day.
The following begins with a startling affirmation, yet the last line quite outdoes the first.
This, too, was a capital boat-song.
X. One more river. O, Jordan bank was a great old bank, Dere ain't but one more river to cross.
We have some valiant soldier here, Dere ain't, &c. O, Jordan stream will never run dry, Dere ain't, &c. Dere's a