Poor Wayfaring Stranger Natalie Merchant.wmv

I collected these images because to me they best represent the meaning of the song. Her version cuts to the heart of this hymn.

Lyrics:

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
travelling through this world of woe
but there's no sickness, toil or danger
in that bright land to which I go

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

I know dark clouds
will gather 'round me
I know my way'll be rough and steep
but beautiful fields lie just before me
where God's redeemed their vigils keep

well, I'm going there
to meet my loved ones
gone on before me, one by one
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

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

well, I'm going there
to meet my Savior
dwell with Him and never roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

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Music

Tags:

• Wayfaring Stranger
• Natalie Merchant
• Georges Rouault

[princesslayla83]

00.00 - 00.09 clive barker?

[scrbblr1]

Well done -- esp the choice of images -- but I have to say, no one comes within ten miles of Kristin Hersh's beautiful, raw, emotional rendition of this song.

[ThePammyg]

Beautiful, haunting, perfect pairing of music and pix.. thanks