Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
417 Weeping Pilgrim
Words: J. P. Rees, 1859
Music: J. P. Rees, 1859. Alto W. M. Cooper, 1902
Meter: No Meter (Irregular or Prose)
You may tell them, father, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, mother, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
[chorus]
I weep, and I mourn, and I move slowly on —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, brothers, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, sisters, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, mother, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
[chorus]
I weep, and I mourn, and I move slowly on —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, brothers, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, sisters, when you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.