Religious hymn that asserts a legal right at places of business and hospitality
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I’m a Pilgrim, and I’m a stranger
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I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night;
Do not detain me, for I am going
Translation: You do not know or need to know who I am or why I am here, but I am asserting my legal rights to food, lodging, necessities and all such items as are customarily sold on reasonable payment and the freedom to continue on my journey from this place without being “arrested” on gutter-district business trespass charges.
Why is it sung as a religious hymn? Do you think I made that up?
There’s the city to which I journey;
Do I need to go to a higher court there? That was a capital charge with a lawful writ of execution.
Sad hymn, and great griefs to bear on this journey of life through hostile territories and inhospitable places.
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