To Canaan

To Canaan

 

Where are you going soldier

With banner, gun, and sword?

We're marching South to Canaan

for battle for the Lord

What captain leads your armies

Along the rebel coast?

The Mighty One of Israel

His name is Lord of Hosts!

To Canaan, to Canaan

The Lord has led us forth

To blow before the heathen walls

The trumpets of the North!

What flag is this you carry

Along the sea and shore?

The same our grandsires lifted up,

The same our fathers bore.

In many a battle's tempest

It sheds the crimson rain,

What God has woven in His loom

Let no man rend in twain!

To Canaan, to Canaan

The Lord has led us forth

To plant upon the rebel towers

The banners of the North!

What song is this you're singing?

The same that Israel sung

When Moses led the mighty choir

And Miriam's timbrel rung!

To Canaan! To Canaan!

The priests and maidens cried:

To Canaan! To Canaan!

The people's voice replied:

To Canaan, to Canaan

The Lord has led us forth

To thunder through its adder dens

The anthems of the North

When Canaan's hosts are scattered

And all her walls lie flat

What follows next in order,

The Lord will see to that

We'll break the tyrant's sceptre,

We'll build the people's throne,

When half the world is Freedom's

Then all the world's our own

To Canaan, to Canaan

The Lord has led us forth

To sweep the rebel threshing-floors

A whirlwind from the North

To Canaan, to Canaan

The Lord has led us forth

To strike upon the captive’s chain

The hammers of the North!