Canaan's Land - Kate Rusby

From Kate's 2001 album, Little Lights

Lyrics;
To Canaan's land I'm on my way
Where the soul of man never dies
Where all my nights will turn to day
The soul of man never dies

CHORUS
Dear friends there'll be no sad farewell
There'll be no tear-dimmed eye
Where all is joy and peace and love
Where the soul of man never dies

A rose is blooming there for me
Where the soul of man never dies
It blooms for all eternity
Where the soul of man never dies

CHORUS

A love light beams across the foam
Where the soul of man never dies
It shines to light the shores of home
Where the soul of man never dies

CHORUS

My life will end in deathless sleep
Where the soul of man never dies
And everlasting joy I'll reap
Where the soul of man never dies

CHORUS

I'm on my way to that fair land
Where the soul of man never dies
Where there will be no parting and
The soul of man never dies

CHORUS

CHORUS
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• Folk
• England
• English
• Britain
• British
• Pure
• Records
• Barnsley
• Yorkshire

[kylesinghal]

Some time ago I heard this song, sung a capella by a preacher and his wife. I didn't know it then, but on occasion thereafter the chorus line would come to mind and I'd wonder if someday I'd hear the song again.

A few weeks ago, outside church, I was chatting with a gentleman, and the choir inside sang this song. The lyrics stirred my very spirit within me, and when I got to my computer I felt that I had to find a worthy rendition of it. Thank you for this song; may God use it for His glory.

[silnerwilner]

What can you say: just sublime.

[USERNAMEfieldempty]

@mycremona1 We're all the same gene pool. Barnsley's a long way from Buckingham Palace.

[mycremona1]

She sort of looks like Queen Elizabeth when she was young in the 1950s. Same gene pool.

[Tammywid]

Played this at my Mums funeral recently - she was a Yorkshire girl - much missed

Thanks for singing what I could not have done. W xx

[corinnalee73]

my name is cainan my moms madine name is cain and we don't have a boy in my

family so she named me cainan

[MetroplexLSATPrep]

@zepplinjsd04 P.S. I changed my user name to MetroplexLSATPrep from kylesinghal. Also, it's not a traditional Church of Christ if you're familiar with that. This place does not have the rigid "our way is the right way" worldview that plagues many churches. Rather, they seem more about actually going and doing (with whoever else is willing) instead of debating church politics. It's a big place (4000-ish) but there are lots of small groups to plug into.

[MetroplexLSATPrep]

@zepplinjsd04 Richland Hills Church of Christ, actually it's just called The Hills now, but the sign outside still says Richland Hills. You can watch Rick Atchley's sermons online at thehills.org - great preacher, and there's something very different about the way the people there live out their faith.

[zepplinjsd04]

@kylesinghal where do you go to church?

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[sharper110]

awesome song especially for Christians. No one does this song better than kate Rusby. God gave kate a gift. She should sing more gospel for Him.