1 We’re a little gleaner’s band,
Toiling day by day;
Gathering for a heathen land
Pennies by the way.
Gleaners in the mission field,
Like the faithful Ruth;
To temptation will not yield,
Always speak the truth.

2 Busy boys and girls may we
Toil for Afric wild;
Interested we should be
In each heathen child.
Tell them gods of wood and stone
Nothing good can give;
Tell them Jesus Christ alone
Can their sins forgive.

3 Teach them how to praise and love,
Worship and obey,
Christ, the Lord, who reigns above—
He’s the truth, the way.
We’re a little gleaner’s band,
Toiling day by day;
Gathering for a heathen land
Pennies by the way.