Richie, I responded to your post late last night {actually early this morning}, and made several typo and memory mistakes.   

Here's the corrected song that I remember:

I heard of a city called heaven
I'm tryin to make it
my home.

I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow.
I'm lost in this wide world alone.
No hope have I for tomorrow.
I'm tryin' to make heaven my home.

Sometimes I am toss-sed and driven, Lord
Sometimes I don't know where to roam.
I've heard of a city called heaven.
I've tryin to make it my home.

-snip-

Also, here are the [typo corrected] comments that I had included in one of my previous posts that responded to your query on the African American Permathread:

"I can't find it on YouTube and its lyrics aren't included in the negrospiritual.com songs archive.

The song has a slow or moderate tempo. Sorry, I don't read or write music so I can't give you the notes, even as a guess."

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I found "Heard Of A City Called Heaven" online at:
http://www.altnet.com/store/file/38048/Gospel/Life__Passion_of_Jesus_Christ_According_to_Gospel_Disc_2/Heard_of_a_City_Called_He

There's no sound clip of that song on that site, though there are these sound clips of the great Roland Hayes singing several other spirituals.