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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.
Refrain
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!
O, my longing heart, my longing heart is there;
Here in this country so dark and dreary,
I long have wandered forlorn and weary. [Refrain]
3 There’s the city to which I journey;
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is its light!
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any tears there, or any dying. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger |
| Title: | I'm a Pilgrim |
| Author: | Mary S. B. Dana (1810-1883) (1841) |
| Refrain First Line: | I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; |
| Meter: | 9.11.10.10.Ref. |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Topic: | Early Advent |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger] |
| Meter: | 9.11.10.10.Ref. |
| Incipit: | 12311 12354 25433 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | Arr. from an Italian air |
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