{"id":1294,"date":"2021-04-08T09:24:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T09:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1294"},"modified":"2021-04-08T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T09:34:53","slug":"wayfaring-stranger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1294","title":{"rendered":"Wayfaring Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Trad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rhiannon Giddens - Wayfaring Stranger\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b1Z4PAZX9Bs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Petteway Teaches &quot;Wayfaring Stranger&quot; in DADGAD Tuning\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I4BRJsCILeI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emmylou-Harris Wayfaring Stranger ( Stereo )\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KxhYXJOwKjY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Intro: Am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a [Am]poor wayfaring stranger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While travelling [Dm]through this world of [Am]woe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet there\u2019s no sickness, toil or danger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;In that [Dm]bright world to which I&nbsp;&nbsp;[Am]go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m going [C]there to [F]see my [C]father (mother)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m going [F]there, [C]no more to [G]roam [E7]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m only [Am]going over Jordan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only [D]go-ing [E7]over [Am]home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that dark clouds will gather \u2019round me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know my way is rough and steep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet beautious fields lie just before me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where God\u2019s re-deeming their vigils keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repeat verse 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the book, The Makers of the Sacred Harp, by David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan, the lyrics were published in 1858 in Joseph Bever&#8217;s Christian Songster, which was a collection of popular hymns and spiritual songs of the time.This may or may not have been the first time the song appeared in English print, and the songwriter is unknown. Steel and Hulan suggest the song was derived from an 1816 German hymn, &#8221;Ich bin ein Gast auf Erden&#8221; by Isaac Niswander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trad Intro: Am I am a [Am]poor wayfaring stranger While travelling [Dm]through this world of [Am]woe Yet there\u2019s no sickness, toil or danger &nbsp;In that [Dm]bright world to which I&nbsp;&nbsp;[Am]go. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Chorus: I\u2019m going [C]there to [F]see my [C]father (mother) I\u2019m going [F]there, [C]no more to [G]roam [E7] I\u2019m only [Am]going over Jordan Only [D]go-ing&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1294\" class=\"read-more\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa Wayfaring Stranger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1294","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1294\/revisions\/1300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}