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Text:Come, little soldiers, join in our band
Tune:PILGRIM BAND

71. Come, little soldiers, join in our band

1 Come, little soldiers, join in our band,
March for the kingdom, our promised land,
Fearless of danger, onward we roam,
Jesus our leader is, Soon we'll be home.

Chorus:
We're a little pilgrim band:
Guided by a Saviour's hand,
Soon we'll reach our fatherland,
No more to roam.

2 Hark to the voices, bidding us come!
Angels, rejoicing, beckon us home;
No more shall sadness or sorrow oppress,
Come, little pilgrim band, there we shall rest. [Chorus]

3 Soon we shall never know sorrow more,
But, blest forever, God's love shall share;
Soon we shall see him in his blest home,
Ever still praising him, ages to come. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Come, little soldiers, join in our band
Refrain First Line: We're a little pilgrim band
Publication Date: 1870
Notes: Tune for 378 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a)
Tune Information
Name: PILGRIM BAND
Key: C Major
Copyright: By permission of Firth, Pond & Co.
Notes: Now Public Domain



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