--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Stephens, Evan collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 21 number: 2 published: 1917-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Evan Stephens, "A Pioneer Campfire Song," *Improvement Era* 21, no. 2 (December 1917): 155–157.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2102unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2102unse start_page: 155 end_page: 157 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2102unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # A Pioneer Campfire Song — — A Pioneer Campfire Song From the Cantata, "Sketches of the Plains'' Evan Stephens lenor solo. fe —*- -* —*— g-^- f g ?SEE -#s~ "I =fc*= 1. Gather round the campfire and 1st and 2nd Ten or. 2. Nev - er mind the present with *=> r-+ $*&& d : J ei Hz, Hum —- ~ 1st and 2nd Bass. -£i "S? cM^-g- ^ $£ -**- -»-- *= sing a lit - tie song, Just to soothe the heart, boys, And all its wear-y toil: Look beyond the des-ert To 4- sa -©>-- tf= :5^ -I • Jj d *£=£ ^HV V ^—n J* i5 :^=t_, t±=v==m m pass the time a-long, Many bitter tho'ts, boys, May vanish then a- Zi - od's fruitful soil, Never count the tear drops,The dearly loved one etfc r- J -P. £ =»H- 4-r4 zfcztz ^=5P -tt* — — 156 IMPROVEMENT ERA l^ii^^^^i^i^j way, Songs may bring us visions of a bright - er day. shed: Think how sweet the meeting day will be in - stead. ££=; -N^- Sing we of the fu - ture Soon, we hope, to come, That same heav'n a-bove us, Sees their upturned eyes, — ##E« -#-tr—v- i --P^S- d • —— T- i --1- =F -B*S»- =t I W- gES *z$ I222I rit. — Si , PV- &£z±!=S=t When we'll meet the loved ones In our mountain home Pray - ing God to give us Fair and smiling skies. =± » ks ^; -?^— tzt: ^4 tempo. =* Nev - er more to sev - er, While this life shall last. Nev - er then o'ershadow Days they would have fair. £*= y?z EE=: A tempo. > ' ±=± Szzzr. U — — — A PIONEER CAMPFIRE SONG 157 sk q==: Then in joy we'll bu - ry all the sor - rows past. Let the thot of their fond prayers drive hence de - spair. ^^4=^= £z2: Oh yes, oh yes, 7 9-. — = * m— —2 5 1- 1- €4- l-#- — H N- d — —•-— —• «• •- /— i- — —v— — *-- y- b= r-fa^r-r- 9 Nev - er more to sev - er while this life shall last. Nev - er then o'er-shad-ow days they would have fair. Eepeat pp last time. —V- -=§*z — 1 (2- pp Then in joy we'll bur - y all the sor rows past, Let the thought of their fond prayers drive hence des - pair. * a a ^ ^zfep, ?: % . zjzzj zrzzzztzzzipzzzitj^ * t 2—Hi Then in joy we'll bur - y all the sor - rows past, Let the thought of their fond prayers drive hence des - pair. -4 IZZC g9 It! ill]