This is also a well-known Shape Note (Sacred Harp) tune. Check out http://fasola.org/ for all the news about Sacred Harp singing in the US and in the UK.

This tune is on page 457 of the most popular Sacred Harp hymnal currently in use, the 1991 Edition; copyright is held by The Sacred Harp Publishing Company, Bremen, Georgia

Tune: John M. Dye, 1935
Lyrics: Bever's Christian Songster, 1858

I am a poor, wayfaring stranger,
While journ'ying through this world of woe,
Yet, there's no sickness, toil nor danger,
In that bright world to which I go.
I'm going there to see my Father,
I'm going there no more to roam;

Chorus:

I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home.

I know dark clouds will gather o'er me,
I know my way is rough and steep;
Yet beaut'ous fields lie just before me,
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep.
I'm going there to see my Mother,
She said she'd meet me when I come.

(Chorus)

I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land;
I want to shout Salvation's story,
In concert with the blood-washed band.
I'm going there to meet my Savior,
To sing His praise forevermore;

(Chorus)

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