Wayfaring Stranger by Dorris Henderson lyrics - DamnLyrics

Wayfaring Stranger Lyrics

I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world alone
And there's no sickness, toil, or danger
In that bright line to which I go
And I'm going there to see my mother
And I'm going there no more to roam
And I'm only going over Jordan
And I'm only going over home now
Hey Hey Hey Hey Yeah
And I know dark clouds, will gather me
And I know my way is rough and steep
And the beautiful fields that lie just before me
And I know my needs are rough and steep
And I'm going there to see my mother
And I'm going there no more to roam
And I'm only going over Jordan
And I'm only going over home now

Cause I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world alone
And there's no sickness, toil, or danger
In that bright line to which I go
And I'm going there to see my mother
And I'm going there no more to roam
And I'm only going over Jordan
And I'm only going over home now

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Dorris Henderson was born in Lakeland, Florida, USA. She taught herself to play the autoharp, and learnt to play American folk songs. She worked as a civil servant. She loved to visit jazz clubs, and she herself started to play at folk clubs in California. She knew Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
During a holiday in New York she performed in folk clubs and met Bob Dylan.
In 1965 She decided to visit England, and took a boat to Southampton. She lived in Tottenham at first, staying with someone she met on the boat – it was very hard for black people to find accommodation then.

Read more about Dorris Henderson on Last.fm.

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