Wayfaring Stranger [the Wayfaring Pilgrim] [I'm a Poor Wayfaring Strang

by Pete Seeger

Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an iconic American folk singer. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 1…

Year: 2009

Wayfaring wayfaring 
Wayfaring wayfaring
I'm a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil, or 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 clouds will hang 'round me,
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their virgins 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