1. You don’t have to push a handcart,
Leave your fam’ly dear,
Or walk a thousand miles or more
To be a pioneer!
2. You do need to have great courage,
Faith to conquer fear,
And work with might for a cause that’s right
To be a pioneer!
Words and music by Ruth Muir Gardner
Arr. by Vanja Y. Watkins
© 1980, 2019 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial home and church use. This notice must be included on each copy made.