666 ~ I’m a Pilgrim
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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.
Refrain
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
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There the glory is ever shining! O, my longing heart, my longing heart is there; Here in this country so dark and dreary, I long have wandered forlorn and weary.
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There's the city to which I journey; My Redeemer, my Redeemer is its light! There is no sorrow, nor any sighing, Nor any tears there, or any dying.
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Farewell, neighbors, with tears I’ve warned you, I must leave you, I must leave you and be gone! With this your portion, your heart’s desire, Why will you perish in raging fire?
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Father, mother, and sister, brother! If you will not journey with me, I must go! Now since your vain hopes you will thus cherish, Should I, too, linger, and with you perish?
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Farewell, drear earth, by sin so blighted, In immortal beauty soon you’ll be arrayed; He who has formed thee will soon restore thee, And then the dread curse shall nevermore be.