Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world of woe
But there’s no pain, no toil, no danger
In that bright land to which I go

I’m going there
To see my mother
She’ll meet me there as I come home
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m only going back to home

I know dark clouds
Will gather ‘round me
I know my way
Is rough and steep
But beautiful fields lie before me
Where God’s redeemed
Their vigils keep

I’m going there
To meet my loved ones
Gone on before me, one by one
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m only going back to home

I’m finally free of earthy trials
My final rest in an old graveyard
I’ll drop my cross of self-denial
And I’ll go singing back to home

I’m going there
To my Creator, dwell
with Him and never mourn
I’m finally going over Jordan
I’m finally home, no need to roam

Lyrics revised by - GC
(Based on Natalie Merchant's lyrics for "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" - http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nataliemerchant/poorwayfaringstranger.html )



Click on the following for "Wayfaring Stranger" - Emmylou Harris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7kZrssy7KQ )