To Be a Pioneer

Simplified

Boldly

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

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