I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
- Words:
- American Folk Hymn
- Music:
- American Folk Hymn
Sheet music
- 1I am a poor wayfaring strangerWhile trav’ling thru this world of woe,Yet there’s no sickness, toil nor dangerIn 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.
- 2I know dark clouds will gather round me,I know my way is rough and steep;But golden fields lie out before meWhere God’s redeemed shall ever sleep.I’m going there to see the saved ones,Who passed before me one by one.I’m only going over Jordan,I’m only going over home.
- 3I’ll soon be free from ev’ry trial,My body sleep in the churchyard;I’ll drop the cross of self-denialAnd enter on my great reward.I’m going there to see my Savior,To sing His praise forevermore.I’m only going over Jordan,I’m only going over home.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 80 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.