Promised Land, The

DESCRIPTION: "I have a father in the promised land (x2), My father calls me, I must go, To meet him in the promised land." I have a Savior in the promised land." "I have a own in the promised land... When Jesus calls me, I must go." "I hope to meet you..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (source: hymnary.org)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Heart-Songs, p. 473, "The Promised Land" (1 text)
NOTES [45 words]: There are several songs with this approximate first line. This refers specifically to the version that repeats the "I have a (X) in the promised land" *twice*, not once or three times. It is not, e.g., the one that usually has the tune "Martin" in shape note hymnals. - RBW
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File: HeSo473

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