I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
I'm traveling through this world below
There is no sickness, toil nor danger
In that bright land 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

I know dark clouds will gather o'er me
I know my pathway's rough and steep
Yet golden fields lie just before me
Whereweary eyes no more shall weep
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I want to sing salvation's story
in concert with the blood-washed band
I want to wear a crow 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

I'm going there to meet my Saviour
To sing his praise forever more
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home