Assembly Songs ‎#128

128. I'm a Pilgrim

1 I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger,
I can tarry but a night;
Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the fountains are ever flowing;
Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the fountains are ever flowing.

Refrain:
I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger;
I can tarry I can tarry but a night;
I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger;
I can tarry I can tarry but a night.

2 Of the city to which I journey,
My Redeemer is the Light;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any tears there, nor any dying;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any tears there, nor any dying. [Refrain]

3 There the sunbeams are ever shining,—
O my longing heart is there;
Here in this country, so dark and dreary,
I long have wandered, forlorn and weary;
Here in this country, so dark and dreary,
I long have wandered, forlorn and weary. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger
• Title: I'm a Pilgrim
• Author: Mary S. B. Dana
• Refrain First Line: I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1910
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger] (Gabriel)
• Composer: Chas. H. Gabriel
• Notes: Public Domain.