Words: , in Lit­tle Pil­grim Songs, by Mrs. Wil­bur F. Crafts & Hu­bert P. Main (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1883), num­ber 7. Some hymn­als give the au­thor as Grace J. Frances, Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nym.

Music: Hap­py Lit­tle Pil­grims, .


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

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

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

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

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