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Thread #57033 Message #1142128
Posted By: GUEST,Jeger
21-Mar-04 - 02:49 AM
Thread Name: Origin: I Am A Pilgrim
Subject: RE: Origin: I Am A Pilgrim
I heard this first in Swedish. Jag är främling, jag är en pilgrim, Blott en afton, blott en afton bor jäg här. Very beautiful. I have a 7 verse version in a Swedish hymnal published in 1890. It has only text. Translation literally: I am a stranger, I am a pilgrim, But an evening, but an evening am I here. Doubtlessly the same song. The rest is quite the same also. I have seen it in both Swedish and Norwegian (they are quite similar). There were two different authors given in different books. Mary Shindler in the Norwegian one and Betty Ehrenborg in the Swedish one. Things were not that accurately recorded. The composer for the melody I have is Oskar Anhfelt who wrote melodies that were used for many Swedish gospel songs.