International Song Service ‎#145

145. I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger

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

2 There the glory is ever shining;
I am longing, I am longing for the sight;
Here in this country, so dark and dreary,
I have been wand'ring forlorn and weary.
I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

3 There's the city to which I journey;
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is its light;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
There is no sin there, nor any dying.
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
• Author: Mrs. S. B. Dana
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1895

Tune Information

• Name: I'M A PILGRIM
• Composer: I. B. Woodbury
• Key: G Major or modal