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Text:I'm but a stranger here
Author:T. R. Taylor
Tune:ST. EDMUND
Composer:A. S. Sullivan

325. I'm but a stranger here

1 I'm but a stranger here,
Heav'n is my home;
Only a sojourner,
Heav'n is my home.
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on ev'ry hand,
Heav'n is my fatherland,
Heav'n is my home.

2 What though the tempests rage,
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home.
And time's wild wintry blast
Soon will be over-past;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven is my home.

3 Therefore, I'll murmur not,
Heaven is my home;
Whate'er my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home.
For I shall surely stand
There at my Lord's right hand;
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.

Text Information
First Line: I'm but a stranger here
Author: T. R. Taylor
Refrain First Line: Heaven is my home
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: General
Tune Information
Name: ST. EDMUND
Composer: A. S. Sullivan
Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
Key: A Major



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