1 verse:
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.
2 verse:
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.
Refrain:
I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
3 verse:
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, nor any dying.
Refrain:
I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
