Name: Wayfaring Stranger
Duration: P00H04M50S
Description: “Ich bin ja nur ein Gast auf Erden (I am but a guest on this earth)” proclaims the 19th-century German hymn. The melody and sentiment of this song have continued to evolve through the oral traditions of this now beloved American spiritual. No matter your position or possession, this song reminds us that the grave levels all distinctions.

Wayfaring Stranger

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SIDE A
1 Beneath the Willow
2 Cuckoo Bird
3 The Devil’s Nine
4 Shenandoah

SIDE B
1 Gone for Soldier
2 Lazy John
3 Wind and Rain
4 I’m So Glad
5 Wayfaring Stranger

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“Ich bin ja nur ein Gast auf Erden (I am but a guest on this earth)” proclaims the 19th-century German hymn. The melody and sentiment of this song have continued to evolve through the oral traditions of this now beloved American spiritual. No matter your position or possession, this song reminds us that the grave levels all distinctions.

lyrics

Oh, I'm a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world alone
Yet there’s no toil, no threat or danger
In this world to which I go

I know dark clouds will father round me
I know my way is hard and steep
But beauteous fields arise before me
Where weary eyes no more will weep

I'm going there to see my mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
So I’m just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home

I'll soon be free from every trial
This form shall rest beneath the sod
I'll drop the cross of self-denial
And enter in that home with God

I'm goin' there to see my father
And all my loved ones who’ve gone on
I am just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home

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from American Patchwork Quartet, released February 9, 2024
from American Patchwork Quartet, releases February 9, 2024
Traditional Arranged by Clay Ross & Falguni Shah

Songwriters: John Clayton Ross (ASCAP), Shah Falguni Gaurav (BMI)
Publishing: Yalcmusic (ASCAP), Falu Music Publishing (BMI)

Clay Ross - Producer, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Cavaquinho, & Vocals
Clarence Penn - Associate Producer, Drums & Percussion
Shani Gandhi - Associate Producer, Engineer, and Mixing Engineer
Falguni Shah (Falu) - Vocals
Yasushi Nakamura - Acoustic & Electric Bass
Dowell Gandy - Assistant Engineer
Gavin Lurssen - Mastering Engineer
Kylie Sager - Mixing Assistant
Recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC
May 16 - 20, 2022

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American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) is on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of American Roots Music.

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