The Christian — Warfare and Pilgrimage

I'm a lonely traveler here,

No. 616
Metre 7s & 4s. D.
Tune I'M A TRAVELER.
Words I. I. Leslie.
Music N. Billings.
Key D major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/4
3 stanzas

Words

I'm a lonely traveler here,Weary, oppressed;But my journey's end is near,Soon I shall rest.Dark and dreary is the way,Toiling I've come;Ask me not with you to stay,Yonder's my home.

I'm a traveler to a landWhere all is fair;Where is seen no broken band—All, all are there;Where no tear shall ever fall,Nor heart be sad;Where the glory is for all,And all are glad.

I 'm a traveler—call me not—Upward 's my way;Yonder is my rest and lot,I cannot stay.Farewell, earthly pleasures all,Pilgrim I'll roam;Hail me not—in vain you call—Yonder 's my home.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—WARFARE AND PILGRIMAGE.»; hymn number «616» (large), tune name «I'M A TRAVELER. 7s & 4s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals, «D.» smaller), «N. BILLINGS.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one text line per system, with «1.» before «I'm»: «1. I'm a lone - ly traveler here, Wea - ry, oppressed; But myjourney's end is near, Soon I shall rest.» / «Dark and drear - y is the way, Toil-ing I've come; Ask me not with you to stay, Yon-der's my home.» («myjourney's» and «isthe» are set without a space; the «a» of «way» and the «o» of «home» are damaged in this copy). No reference line. Stanzas 2 and 3 follow as text in two columns, numbered «2» and «3» without a full stop (numbered «2.» and «3.» here like stanza 1); «I. I. Leslie.» in italics after stanza 3. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» («fair ;», «there ;», «sad ;», «roam ;»); it is closed up here. «I 'm» (stanza 3), «Upward 's» and «Yonder 's» (stanza 3) are set with a space before the apostrophe in the print and are kept so; «I'm» (stanza 2) and «I'll» (stanza 3) are set without one. Spelling («traveler»), punctuation, dashes and capitals are the print's.