Poor Wayfaring Stranger Natalie Merchant

[Verse 1:]
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world of woe
But there’s no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright land to which i go

[Chorus:]
Well i’m going there
To meet my mother
Said she’d meet me when i come
I’m only going over jordan
I’m only going over home

[Verse 2:]
I know dark clouds
Will gather ‘round me
I know my way
Will be rough and steep
But beautiful fields lie just before me
Where god’s redeemed
Their vigils keep


[Chorus]

[Verse 3:]
I’ll soon be free of earthy trials
My body rest in the old church yard
I’ll drop this cross of self-denial
And i’ll go singing home to god