Getty Music - Immigrant’s Song Lyrics

Immigrants Song draws on the book of Ruth to portray a stranger moving from isolation toward belonging, refuge, and redemption. The opening exchange recalls Ruth choosing to remain with Naomi and to make a new people and home her own. Later images of gleaning at the edges, shelter beneath wings, lying at the feet of a redeemer, and receiving a covering of mercy follow important moments in Ruths meeting with Boaz. The repeated promise of home gathers those scenes into a clear theme of welcome for someone who had stood outside.

The final movement applies the story to Gods redemptive care. Rest under divine wings suggests protection, while the Redeemer changes exclusion into freedom and gives the displaced speaker a place of belonging. The song therefore holds physical home and spiritual refuge together without treating them as identical. Its language of hope after apparent loss also fits Ruths movement from bereavement and poverty toward provision, covenant loyalty, and a restored future within Gods people.