Lyr Add: Pioneer Campfire Song

Subject: Lyr Add: PIONEER CAMPFIRE SONG
From: JenEllen
Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:55 PM

PIONEER CAMPFIRE SONG
From the Cantata Sketches of the Plains
Evan Stephens

Gather 'round the campfire
And sing a little song
Just to soothe the heart, boys
And pass the time along
Many bitter thoughts, boys
May vanish then away
Songs may bring us visions
Of a brighter day
Sing we of the future
Soon we hope to come
When we'll meet the loved ones
In our mountain home
Never more to sever
While this life shall last
Then in joy we'll bury
All the sorrows past
Then in joy we'll bury
All the sorrows past

Never mind the present
With all its weary toil
Look beyond the desert
To Zion's fruitful soil
Never count the teardrops
The dearly loved one shed
Think how sweet the meeting day
Will be instead
That same heaven above us
Sees their upturned eyes
Praying God to give us
Fair and smiling skies
Never then o'er shadow
Days they would have fair
Let the thought of their fond prayers
Drive hence despair
Let the thought of their fond prayers
Drive hence despair