The New Christian Hymnal ‎#314

314. I'm a Pilgrim, and I'm a Stranger

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;
O 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. There's the city to which I journey;
My Redeemer, my Redeemer, is its light;
There is no sinning, nor any sighing,
Nor any tears there, nor any dying.
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
• Title: I'm a Pilgrim, and I'm a Stranger
• Author: Mrs. M. S. B. Dana (1841)
• Refrain First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
• Meter: 9 11 10 10 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1929
• Topic: The Christian Life: Pilgrimage
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: I'M A PILGRIM
• Meter: 9 11 10 10 with Refrain
• Key: G Major
• Source: German Melody
• Notes: Now Public Domain.