Wayfaring Stranger
A folk hymn printed as early as 1858 in Joseph Bever's «Christian Songster»; Burl Ives made it his signature and named his 1944 album after it.
Am
I'm just a poor
Wayfaring stranger
Dm
Travelling through
Am
This world below
There is no sickness
No toil, nor danger
Dm
In that bright land
E Am
To which I go
F
I'm going there
C
To see my father
F
And all my loved ones
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Who've gone on
Am
I'm just going over Jordan
Dm E Am
I'm just going over home
Am
I know dark clouds
Will gather round me
Dm
I know my way
Am
Is hard and steep
But beauteous fields
Arise before me
Dm
Where God's redeemed
E Am
Their vigils keep
F
I'm going there
C
To see my mother
F
She said she'd meet me
E E7 E
When I come
Am
So I'm just going over Jordan
Dm E Am
I'm just going over home