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The Poor, Wayfaring Stranger (Wayfaring Stranger) 492
Tune: Arranged by Eld. Colonel Gipson Keith, 1908
Lyrics: Bever's Christian Songster, 1858
Meter: 9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger,
While journeying thro' this world of woe;
Yet there's no sickness, toil, nor 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 only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home.
I know dark cloud will gather round me,
I know my way is rough and steep;
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me,
Where God's redeemed vigil keep.
I'm going there to see my mother,
She said she'd meet me when I come;
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home.
I'll soon be freed from ev'ry trial,
My body'll sleep in the old churchyard;
I'll drop the cross of selfdenial,
And enter on my great reward.
I'm going there to see my classmates,
Who've gone before me one by one;
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home.
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land;
I want to shout salvation's story,
In concert with the blood-washed band.
I'm going there to see my Savior,
To sing His praise for evermore;
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home.
Arranged on May 8, 1908, in DeKalb County, Alabama.