Supplement

“I’M A TRAVELLER.”

BY N. BILLINGS.

I'm a lonely trav'ler here,

p. 24
Music N. Billings
Key D major
Singing key A major
Time 2/4
5 stanzas

Words

I'm a lonely trav'ler here,Weary, opprest ;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 weary trav'ler here,I must go on,For my journey's end is near—I must be gone.Brighter joys than earth can give,Win me away;Pleasures that forever live—I cannot stay

I'm a trav'ler 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 trav'ler, and I goWhere all is fair;Farewell all I've loved below—I must be there.Worldly honors, hopes and gain,All I resign;Welcome sorrow, grief and pain,If heav'n be mine.

I'm a trav'ler—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 BY N. BILLINGS. — Millennial Harp (1843), Supplement («SUPPLEMENT TO THE HARP.»), printed pp. 24–25 (PDF 316–317). Andante. (system 1), Dolce. (system 3). Three staves (treble, second treble with the tune, bass); D major, 2/4. Stanza 1 is printed between the staves, under the top staff, one line of music per two verse lines; stanzas 2–5 are printed as verse on p. 25. The metre (not printed) is 7.4.7.4.7.4.7.4.