If you see them father, please tell them
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land
Well I weep and I moan and I move slowly on
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land

If you see them sister, please tell them
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land
Well I weep and I moan and I move slowly on
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land

If you see them brother, please would you tell them
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land
Well I weep and I moan and I move slowly on
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land

If you see them mother, please tell them
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim I'm bound for Canaan land
Well I weep and I moan and I move slowly on
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim bound for Canaan land