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Twelvefret - Posted - 04/05/2009: 05:17:10
This is a very old white spiritual predating 1816 and first appearing here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Harmony
This song has, in a good way, haunted me since I was a child. I got lost in the melody and never even noticed the lyrics. However, the lyrics are exceedingly powerful.
http://www.hangoutstorage.com/fiddl...35542009.mp3
or if you like more reverb,
http://www.banjohangout.ws/users/au...85542009.mp3
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
A-trav'ling through this world of woe.
But there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go.
I'm going home to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam;
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home.
I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is rough and steep;
But beauteous fields lie just beyond me
Where souls redeemed their vigil keep.
I'm going there to meet my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home.
I want to wear a crown of glory
When I get home to that bright land
I want to shout Salvation's story
In concert with that bloodwashed band.
I'm going there to meet my Saviour
To sing His praises forevermore
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home. [3]
chuck
Chuck Naill
http://chucksmusicpage.blogspot.com/
Edited by - Twelvefret on 04/05/2009 05:53:10
fiddlepLuker - Posted - 04/05/2009: 06:15:40
Chuck,
Nice tone from whatever violin you are using and good speed giving the feel I like for this one. I have also been fascinated many years by the haunting as you say. It says so much about despair and so forth but also the redemption!
Thanks for taking the time to play and post it.
edit: I like the less reverb one!
~shayne
Edited by - fiddlepLuker on 04/05/2009 10:49:32
loy - Posted - 04/06/2009: 04:17:04
Great job Chuck!
fiddle and clawhammer banjo:priceless
Bohonkie - Posted - 04/06/2009: 07:14:31
Thanks, Chuck! I've also been haunted by this song. I used to hear my grandmother hum it back in the '50s in the hollers of Kentucky and later (I think in the '80s) I heard the EmmyLou Harris version, but she left off the last verse. Thanks so much!
Twelvefret - Posted - 04/06/2009: 07:48:24
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heard the EmmyLou Harris version, but she left off the last verse
Not surprised, you have to be in the fold to sing that last verse or even know what it means.
Thank you for the compliment and happy that it brought back some good memories.
chuck
Chuck Naill
http://chucksmusicpage.blogspot.com/
jamieholmes - Posted - 04/07/2009: 04:29:52
Love this tune is it from the civil war?.
Will somone tell me what the last verse meens?.
Twelvefret - Posted - 04/07/2009: 05:21:11
quote:
Love this tune is it from the civil war?.
Will somone tell me what the last verse meens?.
Predates the Civil War and first pubished circa 1816.
The last verse is a reference to what Christians believe will await them when they are forever with their Lord, Jesus Christ. They will have a victor's crown of glory which does not fade like the garland wreaths that were given to the victor athletes of Bibical times.
Salvation is a reference of the gospel presented in the Bible where people are saved from being judged because their failure to be holy (without sin). Being unholy requires a cleansing and so that cleansing was accomplished, Christians believe, by the blood of Christ, hence the reference to being blood washed.
The savor is a reference to Jesus the Christ.
Singing praises forever is a reference to the scene given in the book of Revelations in the Bible where the Apostle John, through a vision, was giving a picture of a scene in Heaven where praises and the adoration of God is a continual occurrence.
chuck
Chuck Naill
http://chucksmusicpage.blogspot.com/
jamieholmes - Posted - 04/07/2009: 07:15:15
Heavy stuff.
From heavy times I guess.
Thanks Twelvefret.
Percy - Posted - 04/07/2009: 07:21:08
I'm loving this!!!! And of course, I'm addicted to reverb so that's my preferred version.... I'm going to HAVE to do this one in church (when I get good enough)!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
Percy - Posted - 04/11/2009: 04:24:12
Chuck -- you wouldn't happen to have the chords for this one would you?
Percy - Posted - 04/11/2009: 04:39:03
I went out to Chordie too -- after I posted... It's close, but it doesn't match Chuck's version exactly... but I've figured out the differences and am good to go.
I often find Chordie to be "close" but there always seems to be something wrong or missing...
But it's still a great resource, that's for sure!
Edited by - Percy on 04/11/2009 04:42:44
Twelvefret - Posted - 04/11/2009: 05:08:13
quote:
I went out to Chordie too -- after I posted... It's close, but it doesn't match Chuck's version exactly... but I've figured out the differences and am good to go.
Sorry I missed your question about the chords and glad you are good to go.
chuck
Chuck Naill
http://chucksmusicpage.blogspot.com/
Percy - Posted - 04/11/2009: 05:40:29
I just posted the question this morning -- so you're not that late in responding! *S*
The interenet has made me REALLY lazy... I never used to use any kind of sheet music or chord sheets -- just grabbed my guitar and figured things out for myself... but then the internet came along... and it's so much easier to just do a search and print...
hendrid - Posted - 04/11/2009: 07:43:59
Hi Percy I know you have your chords figured out but,
Was looking at JC's tune finder
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind
His number seven pdf version of Wayfaring Stranger has his chords, key of Am along with lyrics and notes. Few more chord changes than chordie and cowboylyrics.
The more accomplished guitar players I watch seem to change chords twice a bar or on every note lots of time. Think they are almost using chords to play the melody.
Don
Percy - Posted - 04/11/2009: 08:08:33
Wow -- excellent resource!! Yes, those are the chords I ended up with. I did some digging and the Chordie version was right -- for the Johnny Cash version. But it didn't fit what Chuck did.
And I find a lot of times that the files in Chordie can be way off..
So it's good to have another great resource!! Thank you!
mudbug - Posted - 04/11/2009: 09:50:03
Good song, Chuck, well done.
And, I must say, it's nice to be on a post where you can explain the meaning of a song, without somebody being " offended " .
