Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional Negro Spiritual

1 Peter 1:17
"And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear."

          I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
          A travel'n through this world of woe.
          But there's no sickness, no toil nor danger
          In that bright world to which I go.

            Refrain
            I'm goin' there to see my father;
            I'm goin' there no more to roam.
            I'm just a-goin' over Jordan,
            I'm just a-goin' over home.

          I know dark clouds will gather 'round me,
          I know my way is rough and steep;
          But golden fields lay just before me,
          Where God's redeemed no more shall weep.

            Refrain
            I'm goin' there to see my mother;
            I'm goin' there no more to roam.
            I'm just a-goin' over Jordan,
            I'm just a-goin' over home.

           

          I want to sing salvation's story,
          In concert with the blood-washed band;
          I want to wear a crown of glory,
          When I get home to that good land.

            Refrain
            I’m goin' home to see my Savior;
            Who shed for me His precious blood;
            I’m just a-goin' o'er Jordan,
            I’m just a-goin' o'er home.
            I’m just a-goin' o'er home.

            I'm goin' home.


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Midi arranged and sequenced by Bill Molony