Lyrics

Wayfaring Stranger
traditional / arr: TJH

I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger, traveling through this world of woe; ain’t no sickness, toil or danger in that bright world to which I go. I’m going there to see my Father; I’m going there no more to roam; I’m just going over Jordan; I’m just going over home. I know dark clouds are all around me; I know my way is rough and steep, but golden fields lie out before me, where God’s redeemed shall ever sleep. I’m going there to see my Mother; she said she’d meet me when I come; I’m just going over Jordan; I’m just going over home.

SOLO I’ll soon be free from every trial, my body sleep in the old boneyard; I’ll drop that cross of self-denial, and enter into the great beyond. I’m going there to sing salvation; to sing my sacred evermore; I’m just going over Jordan; I’m just going over home; said, I’m just going over Jordan; I’m just going over home.