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Text:Happy Little Pilgrims
Author:Fanny Crosby
Tune:HAPPY LITTLE PILGRIMS
Composer:Hubert Platt Main
Media:MIDI file

2138. Happy Little Pilgrims

1. Happy little pilgrims,
We should ne’er be sad;
For the love of Jesus
Makes His children glad.

Refrain
Happy little pilgrims,
Going on our way,
To a land of beauty,
Singing all the day.

2. In that land so lovely,
Everything is bright,
There will be no sorrow,
There will be no night. [Refrain]

3. Not alone we journey
To the mansions fair;
Jesus is our Shepherd;
He will lead us there. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Happy little pilgrims
Title: Happy Little Pilgrims
Author: Fanny Crosby (1883)
Refrain First Line: Happy little pilgrims
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Source: Little Pilgrim Songs, by Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts & Hubert P. Main (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1883), number 7
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Some hymnals give the author as Grace J. Frances, Fanny's pseudonym.
Tune Information
Name: HAPPY LITTLE PILGRIMS
Composer: Hubert Platt Main (1883)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 31166 51171 22226
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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