On Jordan's stormy banks I stand And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land Where my possessions lie Oh the transporting rapturous scene That rises to my sight Sweet fields arrayed in living green And rivers of delight O'er all those wide, extended plains Shines an eternal day There God the Son forever reigns And scatters night away Oh the transporting rapturous scene That rises to my sight Sweet fields arrayed in living green And rivers of delight ♪ No chilling winds or poisonous breath Can reach that healthful shore Sickness and sorrow, pain and death Are felt and feared no more Oh the transporting rapturous scene That rises to my sight Sweet fields arrayed in living green And rivers of delight