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Thread #23495   Message #2161567
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
01-Oct-07 - 10:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Other versions in thread 23495: Wayfaring Stranger
Also see thread 879: Wayfaring Stranger
The latter has words from a songster of 1858; it seems to be an old Sacred Harp shape note song.
First known appearance in print 1816, "Kentucky Harmony," as "Judgement." See Traditional Ballads Index.