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Thread #57033 Message #2812951
Posted By: autoharper
15-Jan-10 - 03:30 PM
Thread Name: Origin: I Am A Pilgrim
Subject: RE: Origin: I Am A Pilgrim
I believe that "I am a Pilgrim and a Stranger (I can tarry but a night)" is pre-Civil War, and can be found in _The Numeral Edition of The Christian Psalmist_, compiled by Silas Leonard and A. D. Fillmore, published in 1854.