Wayfaring Stranger (traditional) Lyrics

Wayfaring Stranger (traditional) lyrics

I`m just a poor wayfaring stranger
a-travelin` through this world of woe
but there`s no sickness, toil, or danger
in that bright land to which i go

i`m goin` there to see my mother
she said she`d meet me when i come
i am just goin` over jordan
i am just a-goin` home

i know dark clouds will gather `round me
i know the way is rough and steep
yet beautiful fields lie just before me
where god`s redeemed their vigil keep

i`m goin` there to see my brothers
gone before me one by one
i am just goin` over jordan
i am just a-goin` home

i`ll soon be free from earthly trials,
this body rest in the old churchyard
i`ll drop this cross of self-denial
and go singing home to god

i`m goin` there to see my savior
to dwell with him no more to roam
i am just goin` over jordan
i am just a-goin` home
i am just a-goin` home