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Wayfaring Stranger

from Isolation Sessions #2 by Piers Cawley

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I got this from the Sacred Harp, the core book of the shape note tradition of hymn singing, which is one of the things I've very much missed while stuck in isolation. Many of the songs in the book make most sense sung by a lot of people as loudly as possible in four part harmony, but some of them work well as solo pieces too. Wayfaring Stranger is one of them. The trick is to pitch it on the very edge of your range and just go for it. Don't ask how many false starts there were before I got a take I liked.

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I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Journeying through this world of woe
But there's 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 am just going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather o'er me
I know my way is dark and steep
But beauteous fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'll meet me when I come
I am just going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I want to wear that crown of glory
When I come home in that bright land
I want to shout salvation's story
In concert with that blood washed band
I'm going there to meet may saviour
To sing his praise forever more
I am just going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

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from Isolation Sessions #2, released September 4, 2020
Trad. arr. Cawley

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Piers Cawley Doncaster, UK

A singer for as long as he can remember, Piers (he/they) sings Old Songs with a clarity and conviction that makes them as fresh as paint.

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