Hurrah for the Camp of Israel!
Hurrah for the handcart scheme!
Hurrah! Hurrah! 'tis better far
Than wagon and ox team.

Oh, our faith goes with the handcarts,
And they have our hearts' best love;
'Tis a novel mode of traveling,
Devised by the gods above.

And Brigham's their executive,
He told us the design;
And the saints are proudly marching on,
Along the handcart line.

Who cares to go with the wagons?
Not us who are free and strong;
Our faith and arms with a right good will,
Shall pull our carts along.

-- West, Ray B., Jr. Kingdom of the Saints. New York: The Viking Press, 1957; p. 239