Poor Wayfaring Stranger

[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 [Chorus]