My daddy was a Bluegrass player and he used to sing Wayfaring Stranger when I was little. He called it one of the original melodies. This is the version he always used to sing.

I'm just a poor, wayfarin stranger
Travellin through this world below
There'll be no sin, no toil or danger
In that fair land, to which I go

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

What though dark clouds may hover o'er me
What though the pathway's rough and steep
Golden fields will lie before me
And weary eyes, no more shall weep

I'm going there to meet my Savior
Who shed for me his precious blood
I'm just going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
I'm just going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I've gotta say, it's really interesting to see all of the different versions of this song.