The promised land
I'm going, I'm going, going, going to the bountiful,
Bountiful land!
Roll, wagons, roll!
I am bound for the promised land,
I'm bound for the promised land
Oh who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land
It's a land of plenty that never fails where
trees immortal grow,
where rocks and hills and brooks and vales
with milk and honey flow
milk and honey, milk and honey, milk and honey flow.
I am bound for the promised land,
I'm bound for the promised land
Oh who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land
Who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Roll away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I'm sure to leave you
And away, I'm bound to go, cross the wide Missouri.
Endless prairie, I wanna leave you
I'm gonna leave you - goodbye!
Because I don't aim to die
Here on the prairie
Where the wind blows so hard
That you have to walk sideways
To keep from flying
I'm gonna leave this endless prairie
Or I'm gonna die from trying
I popped my whip and I bring the blood
I make those leaders take the mud
We grab the wheels and we turn 'em round
One long pull and we're on hard ground
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
Tim-a-ridee-oh, tim-a-roon-I-oh
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
When I got west, the hills were steep
T'would make a tender person weep
To hear me cuss, and pop my whip
To see my oxen pull and slip
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
Tim-a-ridee-oh, tim-a-ridee-oh, tim-a-ridee-oh! Tim-a-roon-I-oh
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
When I get home, I'll have revenge
I'll land my family 'mong my friends
I'll bid goodbye to the whip and line
And drive no more in the wintertime
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
Tim-a-roe, tim-a-roe, tim-a-ridee-oh
Tim-a-ridee-oh, tim-a-ridee-oh, a-ridee-ohhhh
Ohio (the promised land)
Nebraska (the promised land)
Wyoming (the promised land)
Colorado (the promised land)
The Promised Land!
I am bound for the promised land,
I'm bound for the promised land
Oh who will come and go with me
I am bound - for the promised land!