Sing On Ye Joyful Pilgrims
- Words:
- Carrie M. Wilson
- Music:
- John R. Sweney
Sheet music
- 1Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,Nor think the moments long;My faith is heav'nward risingWith ev'ry tuneful song;Lo! on the mount of blessing,The glorious mount, I stand;And looking over Jordan,I see the promised land.Sing on, O blissful music!With ev'ry note you raiseMy heart is filled with rapture,My soul is lost in praise.Sing on, O blissful music!(Sing on, blissful, blissful music!)With ev'ry note you raiseMy heart is filled with rapture,My soul is lost in praise.
- 2Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,While here on earth we stay;Let songs of home and JesusBeguile each fleeting day;Sing on the grand old storyOf His redeeming love,The everlasting chorusThat fills the realms above.Sing on, O blissful music!With ev'ry note you raiseMy heart is filled with rapture,My soul is lost in praise.Sing on, O blissful music!(Sing on, blissful, blissful music!)With ev'ry note you raiseMy heart is filled with rapture,My soul is lost in praise.
- 3Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,The time will not be long,Till in our Father's kingdomWe swell a nobler song,Where those we love are waitingTo greet us on the shore,We'll meet beyond the river,Where surges roll no more.Sing on, O blissful music!With ev'ry note you raiseMy heart is filled with rapture,My soul is lost in praise.Sing on, O blissful music!(Sing on, blissful, blissful music!)With ev'ry note you raiseMy heart is filled with rapture,My soul is lost in praise.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1885, the words are in 79 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.