Libby Prison Hymn (Traditional)

Author unknown, but written in Libby Prison during the Civil War. Arrangement by Dr Mayhem.

Lyrics:
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness toil nor danger
In that bright world to which I go

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 know dark clouds will gather round me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet golden fields lie just before me
Where God’s redeemed, their vigils keep

I'm going there to see my children
They’ve gone before me, one by one
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I want to sing salvation’s story
In concert with that 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 sister
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I’ll soon be free from every trial
My body sleep in the old church-yard
I’ll drop the cross of self denial
And enter on my rich reward

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