"On Jordan's stormy banks" is a very popular set of lyrics for American folk hymnody--"The Sacred Harp" will give you at least a half a dozen settings for those words.

The Sacred Harp is a wonderful folk hymnal printed in shape notes and available for $the mid-teens from many sources.

Check out http://medinfo.labmed.umn.edu/Docs/.www/fasola_homepage.html for further info.