Bluegrass Gospel version of the hauntingly striking and memorable classic tune from the 19th century Gospel song "The Wayfaring Stranger"
(or "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" or "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger")
The well-known, hauntingly striking and memorable tune "The Wayfaring Stranger" is a American spiritual/folk song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life.
Flute, Acoustic Bass, Fiddles, Banjo, Dobro, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar.
Blessings,
Shiloh Worship Music
"The Wayfaring Stranger" Chords Below
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
I'm traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil nor danger
In that bright land to which I go
I'm going there to see my mother/father
I'm going there no more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet golden fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed shall ever sleep
I'm going there to see my father/mother
S/he said he'd/she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
I'm going there to meet my Saviour
To sing his praise forever more
I'm just a going over Jordan
I'm just a going over home
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The Wayfaring Stranger (song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"The Wayfaring Stranger" (aka "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" or "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger"), Roud 3339, is a well-known American spiritual/folk song likely originating in the early 19th century[1] about a plaintive soul on the journey through life. It became one of Burl Ives's signature songs, included on his 1944 album The Wayfaring Stranger. Ives used it as the title of his early 1940s CBS radio show and his 1948 autobiography. He became known as "The Wayfaring Stranger."
"I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
C. D. Tillman—was a popularizer of the gospel song. Additionally, Tillman was responsible for publicizing the lyrics of "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" from Bever's Christian Songster (1858)[26] together with two additional stanzas from Taylor's Revival Hymns & Plantation Melodies (1882) and popularizing the combination with the minor key tune of various African American and Appalachian nuance.
The combination is so hauntingly striking and memorable that the tune itself has been widely recognized as Poor Wayfairing Stranger or just Wayfaring Stranger ever since Tillman spread it beyond the Sacred Harp tradition in his Revival songbook of 1891.[27]
It has been frequently analyzed,[28] arranged,[29] and recorded, its artists including Burl Ives,[30] Joan Baez, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash, Dusty Springfield, Emmylou Harris, Bill Monroe, Jack White, Annah Graefe, Selah, and Peter, Paul and Mary,
Am - Dm Am
1. I am a p….oor wayfaring stranger,
D - Dm Am - E
wandering through this world of woe,
Am - Dm Am
and there’s no sickness, no toil or danger
D - Dm Am
in that bright land to which I go.
F C
I’m going there to meet my mother,
F C - E
she said she’d meet me when I come.
Am - Dm Am D - Dm Am
I’m only goi.…..ng over Jordan, I’m only goi…..ng over home.
Am - Dm Am
2. I’ll soon be free from every trial,
D - Dm Am - E
my body asleep in the old graveyard.
Am - Dm Am
I’ll drop the cross of self denial,
D - Dm Am
and enter on my great reward.
F C F C - E
I’m going there to see my father, I’m going there no more to roam.
Am - Dm Am D - Dm Am
I’m only goi.…..ng over Jordan, I’m only goi…..ng over home.
3. = repeat verse 1
F C F C - E
I’m going there to see my sister, she said she’d meet me when I come.
Am - Dm Am D - Dm Am
I’m only goi.…..ng over Jordan, I’m only goi…..ng over home.
