Handcart Song (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Obedient to the Gospel call We serve our God the all in all, We hie away to Zion. We do not wait to ride all day, But pull our handcarts all the way, And Israel's God rely on." They will travel many lands to reach Zion where Grand Temples will rise
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest)
KEYWORDS: religious travel | Mormon
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 254, "Handcart Song" (1 text)
Roud #10893
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Handcarts" (subject)
cf. "Handcart Song (I)" (subject)
cf. "The Handcart Song (Missionary)" (subject)
NOTES [27 words]: For background on the migration to Zion (Utah), and the handcarts the Mormons used because they had no other means, see the notes to "The Handcard Song (I)." - RBW
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File: GFGW254

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