dbTitle = "Bright Canaan"
dbDisambiguator = ""
dbMeter = "8.9.8.9.Ref"
dbComposer = "Melody by John Newland Maffitt Sr."
dbComposerDate = ""
dbLyricist = "Portions by John Newland Maffitt Sr."
dbLyricistDate = ""
dbTranslator = ""
dbTranslatorDate = ""
dbArranger = "R. M. McIntosh (1886)"
dbArrangerDate = ""
dbTune = "TOGETHER LET US SWEETLY LIVE"
dbScripture = ""
dbCopyrightType = "public_domain"
dbCopyrightStatus = "Public Domain"
dbCcliLicenseNumber = ""
dbCcliSongNumber = ""
dbHymnal = "Bumby"
dbSynopsis = ""
dbVersifier = ""
dbVersifierDate = ""
dbCopyrightLicense = ""
dbKey = ""
dbTimeSignature = ""
dbLyricsSectionName1 = "Verse 4"
dbLyricsSectionContent1 = "Then come with me beloved friend,
I am bound for the land of Canaan
The joys to come shall never end,
I am bound for the land of Canaan"
dbLyricsSectionName2 = "Verse 2"
dbLyricsSectionContent2 = "I'll join with them who've gone before
I am bound for the land of Canaan
where sin and sorrow are no more
I am bound for the land of Canaan"
dbLyricsSectionName3 = "Chorus"
dbLyricsSectionContent3 = "O Canaan, bright Canaan,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
O Canaan, it is my happy home,
I am bound for the land of Canaan."
dbLyricsSectionName4 = "Verse 3"
dbLyricsSectionContent4 = "Our songs of praise shall fill the skies;
I am bound for the land of Canaan
While higher still our joys shall rise;
I am bound for the land of Canaan"
dbLyricsSectionName5 = "Verse 1"
dbLyricsSectionContent5 = "O who will come and go with me
I am bound for the land of Canaan
I'm bound fair Canaan's land to see
I am bound for the land of Canaan"
dbLyricsSectionCount = 5