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[Performed Lyrics - unknown]
[Official Lyrics]
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, no toil or danger
In that bright world 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 to Jordan
I'm only going over home
Yes, Lord
I know dark clouds will gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over to Jordan
I'm only going over to home
Goin' home now
Oh, somebody show me the way home
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Performed by Jack White
Written by Trace Adkins and Scott
Hendricks
an irish
folk song
This song has also been performed live
by the White Stripes.
Jack White:
"'Sittin' On Top Of The World' was the
first
blues song I learned how to play--from Howlin' Wolf's version, when I
was a teenager, actually--so I had known that. And I knew 'Wayfaring
Stranger' from a band I was in called Two-Star Tabernacle--we had
played that song. So when I went to audition for the director, I, I
already knew how to play that song."
Upcoming Release: - Cold Mountain (soundtrack)
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