Wayfaring Stranger

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Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger is a traditional American folk hymn.

Key signature

Wayfaring Stranger is most commonly played in the key of A minor. It is also commonly played in D minor and E minor, depending on the instruments used and the vocal range of the lead singer.

Melody

Here is the basic melody for the song, Wayfaring Stranger, written in A minor:

Lyrics

I am a poor wayfaring stranger,
Traveling through this world of woe,
There is no sickness, toil, or danger,
In that bright land to which I go.

I’m going there to see my father,
And all my loved ones who’ve gone on,
I’m just going over Jordan,
I’m just going over home.

I know dark clouds will gather o’er me,
I know my pathway’s rough and steep,
But golden fields lie out before me,
Where weary eyes no more shall weep.

I’m going there to see my mother,
She said she’d meet me when I come,
So I’m just going over Jordan,
I’m just going over home.

I’ll soon be free from every trial,
This form will rest beneath the sun,
I’ll drop the cross of self-denial,
And enter in my home with God.

I’m going there to see my Savior,
Who shed for me his precious blood,
So I’m just going over Jordan,
I’m just going over home.

I’m just going over Jordan,
I’m just going over home.