Hymnal for Church and Home ‎#334

334. 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 in 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 the light;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any sinning, nor any dying:
Of the city to which I'm going
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is the light.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger
• Title: I'm A Pilgrim
• Author: Mary S. B. Shindler
• Meter: 9, 11, 10, 10, 9, 11.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1927
• Topic: Spiritual Songs: Selected
• Notes: Danish first line: Jeg er fremmed, jeg er en Pilgrim

Tune Information

• Name: [I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger]
• Composer: Oskar Ahnfelt
• Meter: 9, 11, 10, 10, 9, 11.
• Key: B♭ Major