Merle Travis — I Am A Pilgrim

I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land [Spoken] When I first got big enough to start runnin' around by myself at night The first place I wanted to go was to the camp meetings and to the Brush Arbor meetings and hear 'em sing those good ol' songs I learned a lot of them ol' songs, but there's one 'specially I like better than all the rest And I remember it today just as well as the day I learnt it The name of it is "I Am a Pilgrim" [Sung] I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land I got a home in that yonder city, good Lord And it's not Not made by hand I have a mother, a sister and a brother Who have gone to that sweet home I'm determined to go and see them, good Lord Over on That other shore [Instrumental] As I go down to the river of Jordan Just to bathe my weary soul If I could touch but the hem of his garment, good Lord I believe it would take me home