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I'm A Pilgrim

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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, nor any dying.

Verse 4 ~

Farewell, neighbors, with tears I’ve warned you,
     I must leave you, I must leave you and be gone!
With this your portion, your heart’s desire,
     Why will you perish in raging fire?

Verse 5 ~

Father, mother, and sister, brother!
     If you will not journey with me, I must go!
Now since your vain hopes you will thus cherish,
     Should I, too, linger, and with you perish?

Verse 6 ~

Farewell, drear earth, by sin so blighted,
     In immortal beauty soon you’ll be arrayed;
He who has formed thee will soon restore thee,
     And then the dread curse shall nevermore be.