I've been wanting to find for quite a while the origin and words of the folk hymn used throughout Danny Boyle's fantastic serialisation of Angela Rogers' "Mr. Wroe's Virgins", made for the BBC in 1993.

The only words I can recall are:

I'm a long time travelling here below
I'm a long time travelling far from home
I'm a long time travelling here below
To lay (his? my?) body down

Could anybody help me? And if you get the chance and haven't seen the serial (now sadly unavailable on video), do - it's wonderful!

Cheers

G. Jim