The Little Sower for Sabbath Schools ‎#94

94. We're a cheerful band

1 Brothers will you go with me,
We shall live so happily,
Marching to the Happy Land,
Singing as we go.

Chorus:
We're a cheerful pilgrim band,
Marching to the Happy land,
Marching to the Happy land,
Singing as we go.

2 Sisters will you still delay?
There are flowers along the way.
Come, the Saviour's call obey,
Children come to me. [Chorus]

3 Say not we're a gloomy band,
Songs and laughter we command,
Smiling faces, gentle words
All the happy day. [Chorus]

4 Happy they who in their youth,
Learn to love the way of Truth;
Truth and temperance friends of all,
Bless the happy day. [Chorus]

5 Go then with this chosen band,
Marching to the Happy Land,
There with rapture you may stand,
Praise evermore. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Brothers, will you go with me
• Title: We're a cheerful band
• Author: J. C. Johnson
• Refrain First Line: We're a cheerful pilgrim band
• Publication Date: 1870
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Brothers will you go with me]
• Composer: A. N. Johnson
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. From the "Allegany Collection," by per.