The pilgrim that journeys all day (William Jackson of Exeter)
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- (Posted 2023-11-06) CPDL #77005:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-06). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 272 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: The pilgrim that journeys all day
Composer: William Jackson of Exeter
Lyricist: William Shenstone
Number of voices: 2vv Voicings: SS or TT
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: c.1770 (n/d)
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Original text and translations
English text
The pilgrim that journeys all day
To visit some far distant shrine,
If he bear but a relic away,
Is happy, nor heard to repine.
Thus widely remov'd from the fair,
Where my vows, my devotion, I owe,
Soft hope is the relic I bear,
And my solace wherever I go.