Jamie Woon

[Kathy Ellen]

***** Sorry, I still can't embed a youtube....just won't work on my computers....I'm cursed....



I've just discovered Jamie Woon singing a song that my Dad used to sing to me as a child.......one day he would go home to Ireland and meet his brother again and see his family.



YouTube - Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger

Commentary

"Poor Wayfaring Stranger" is a traditional folk song of unknown origin. There are many and varied opinions as to its origin. Some of the proposed origins are Appalachian folk, old Irish folk, and Catskills folk. One theory is that it originates from the Negro Spirituals and there was a deliberate concealment of the song's origins. Clearly the song is of a spiritual nature as the Wayfaring Stranger sings of the hardships of his temporal life passing by and refers to his journeying on to a better place. Regardless of its origins, it is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music. This song has been recorded countless times.



I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger

trav'ling through this world of woe.

there's no sickness, toil nor danger

In that bright world to which I go.

I'm going there to meet my father

I'm going there no more to roam;

I am just going over Jordan

I am just going over home.

I know dark clouds will gather o'er me

I know my pathway's rough and steep;

But golden fields lie out before me

Where weary eyes no more shall weep.

I'm going there to see my mother

She said she'd meet me when I come

I am just going over Jordan

I am just going over home.

I'll soon be free from every trial

This form will rest beneath the sod

I'll drop the cross of self denial,

And enter in my home with God.

I'm going there to see my Saviour

Who shed for me His precious blood

I am just going over Jordan

I am just 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 am just going over Jordan

I am just going over home

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[Kathy Ellen]

Jamie Woon....Spirits....



YouTube - Jamie Woon - Spirits

[Kathy Ellen]

Jamie Woon.......... "Missing Person at the Garden Party"



YouTube - Jamie Woon 'Missing Person' at The Secret Garden Party

[along-for-the-ride]

Kathy Ellen;1218858 wrote: Jamie Woon....Spirits....



YouTube - Jamie Woon - Spirits


Amazing! A true soundtrack for our 21st century.