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aka "Canaan Land" or "I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land" or just "I'm on My Way".
Possibly an Underground Railroad song. It was adapted and widely performed during the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Boll Weavil Jackson's 1926 recording of "I'm on My Way to Kingdom Land" seems to have been the basis for the subsequent Canaan Land adaptations.
1929 lyrics of "I'm on My Way to Caneyan Land" from song in a play by E.C.L. Adams:
If you don't go, don't hinder me (3x)
I'm on my way, great God, I'm on my way
I'm on my way to Canaan land (3x)
I'm on my, great God, I'm on my way
One of the earliest recorded versions by Blind Nesbit in 1930 used these lyrics -
CHORUS: I am on my way, to the Canaan land (3x)
I'm on my way, praise God, I'm on my way.
VERSE 1: Oh Joseph was a religious man,
He had trouble at home and all over the land.
Joseph was afflicted from his head to his feet,
His wife came in, said, "How do you feel?"
Then Joseph began to shout,
CHORUS: I am on my way, to the Canaan land
I'm on my way, to the Canaan land.
If Jesus will, might come to be
I'm on my way, praise God, I'm on my way. - Licensing
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I'm on My Way (to Canaan Land) written by [Traditional] English
I'm on My Way (to Canaan Land) written by [Traditional] instrumental
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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| i | I'm on My Way to Canaan Land | Avon Cities Jazz Band | 1958 | Unverified | |
| i | I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land | Larry Sparks | September 1994 | ||
| i | I'm on My Way to Cainan | Idlewild | June 1, 2010 |
I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land written by A.P. Carter English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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| On My Way to Canaan's Land | The Carter Family | June 5, 1939 | First recording on November 25, 1930 First release |
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| I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with The Foggy Mountain Boys | March 1960 | |||
| I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land | The Lewis Family with Carl Story | 1966 | |||
| On My Way to Canaan's Land | Chet Atkins and Doc Watson | October 21, 1980 | |||
| I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land | Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen | 1986 | |||
| Canaan's Land | The Krüger Brothers | November 10, 1997 | |||
| I'm on My Way to Canaan's Land | Dennis Cash | March 15, 2007 |
Kanaans land written by Håkon Ohlgren Norwegian
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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| Kanaans land | Onkel Tuka | 2006 | First release |