Wayfarin' Stranger

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir does a fantastic rendition of this spiritual. I listen to it most nights as I prepare for sleep...along with some other great songs sung by the MoTAB (good ghost chasing strategy it is....) 5th paragraph is my favorite.

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
A-trav'ling through this land of woe.
And there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go.

I'm going home to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam;
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home.

I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is steep and rough;
But beauteous fields lie just beyond me
Where souls redeemed their vigil keep.

I'm going there to meet my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home.

I want to wear a crown of glory
When I get home to that bright land
I want to shout Salvation's story
In concert with that bloodwashed band.

I'm going there to meet my Saviour
To sing His praises forevermore
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home