I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world below
There is 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 just a-going over Jordan
I’m just a-going over home.
I know dark clouds will gather oer me
I know my path is rough and steep
But golden fields lie out before me
Where weary eyes no more shall meet
I’m going there to see 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 sing salvation’s story
In concert with the blood-washed band
I want to wear a crown of glory
When I get home to that good land.
I’m going there to see my brothers
They passed before me one by one
I’m just a-going over Jordan
I’m just a-going over home.
I’ll soon be free from every trial
This form will rest beneath the sod
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
I’m just a-going over Jordan
I’m just a-going over home.
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