Little Pioneer Children
Author: A. Laurence Lyon
Composer: A. Laurence Lyon
Languages (17)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Chinese (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Danish: Små pionerbørn
- Dutch: Kleine pionierskinderen
- English: Little Pioneer Children
- Finnish: Pikku pioneerilapset
- French: Les petits pionniers
- German: Kleine Pionierkinder
- Icelandic: Litlu frumbyggjabörnin
- Italian: I piccoli pionieri
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Norwegian: Pionerbarna
- Portuguese: Os Pioneirinhos
- Samoan: Fanau Paionia Laiti
- Spanish: Niños pioneros
- Swedish: Glada pionjärbarn
- Tongan: ʻA e Fanau Paionia
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Most common tunes for “Little Pioneer Children”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “Little Pioneer Children” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1969 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sing with Me (1969), p. E-5;Hiva Pea mo Au (1969), p. E-5.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. ① Little pioneer children gath’ring berries for food; ② See the pioneer children hunting chips for wood. ③ Gladly helping each other, merry and happy were they, ④ Walking along, moving along, on their way.
2. ① Hear the pioneer children singing all the day. ② See the pioneer children; there’s still time for play. ③ Often singing and dancing, merry and happy were they, ④ Walking along, moving along, on their way.
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