[Music]
You may tell them, father, when you see them,
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim, I'm bound for Canaan's land.
I weep and I mourn, and I move slowly on,
I'm a poor mourning pilgrim, I'm bound for Canaan's land.
The text is probably a parody of 'Rebel Soldier' or 'Poor Stranger',
Sharp, ii., 212ff. Especially the refrain verses of the two songs show
textual and tonal resemblances. The secular refrain runs: