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Thread #54331 Message #840641
Posted By: JenEllen
04-Dec-02 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Those Pioneers
Subject: Lyr Add: THOSE PIONEERS
THOSE PIONEERS Words and Music by Nina Folsom Moss 1830 (sung as a ladies trio)
They left their homes (they left their homes) Loved one's and all To heed salvation's luring call (the luring call) What sorrow they (what sorrow they) In meekness bore They passed it by (they passed it by) Who could do more?
They came by ox (they came by ox) Teams hand carts too No train was there To bring them through (to bring them through) To Indian lands (to Indian lands) And desert blue To make them there (to make them there) A home anew
They builded well (they builded well) In mountains high Sang praises to their God most high (their God most high) He was their choice (he was their choice) He led them through They e'er remain (they e're remain) --ing firm and true
CHORUS: We cannot hope (we cannot hope) To e'er repay In what we do (in what we do) Or what we say (or what we say) So to the faith (so to the faith) Hold fast remain Their efforts shall (their efforts shall) Not be in vain (not be in vain)