The Handcart Song
First line: Ye Saints who dwell on Europe’s shore, Prepare / Ye Saints who dwell on Europe’s shore / When pioneers moved to the West, With courage / When pioneers mov’d to the west, With courage strong / When pioneers mov’d to the west
Original language: English
Words: John Daniel Thompson McAllister; Lucile C. Reading
Music: Scottish folk tune
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The Handcart Song
Children’s Songbook
(1989, 2017 ed.), no. 220
When pioneers moved to the West,With courage strong they met the test.They pushed their handcarts all day long,And as they pushed they sang this song:For some must push and some must pull,As we go marching up the hill;So merrily on our way we goUntil we reach the Valley-o.
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These charts show the use of this song in English hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If a song appears in multiple editions of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once. [undetermined] means that tune information has not yet been entered in.
