Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#338

338. I'm a Pilgrim

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;
Oh, my longing heart, my longing heart is there;
Here is this country so dark and dreary
I long have wandered, forlorn and weary;
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

3 Of the city to which I'm going
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is its light;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any sinning, nor any dying:
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
• Title: I'm a Pilgrim
• Author: Mrs. Mary S. B. Shindler, 1810-1883 (1841)
• Meter: 9 11, 10 10, 9 11.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: Eternity

Tune Information

• Name: JAG ÄR FRÄMLING
• Composer: Oskar Ahnfelt
• Meter: 9 11, 10 10, 9 11.