I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through lands I don't know
And there's no sickness toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go
I'm going home to see my father
Up in the sky no fields to roam
I'm just a goin' over Jordan
I wanna go back to my home
I know dark clouds will gather round me
They'll taunt my soul no further more
When those white gates are open to me
I'll leave these fields that I abhor
I'm going there to meet me my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm just a goin' over Jordan
I wanna go back to my home
I'm going home to meet my savior
To sing his praises evermore
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm going there to be at home