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Wayfaring Stranger (live)

from Songs from the River Project, Volume 1 by BRIM

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Wayfaring Stranger is of unknown origin. Some argue that its roots are derived from the folk songs of pioneering Irish settlers, while others say it sprang from the spirituals of former African slaves. This is a live performance from the debut BRIM show, at Roulette in New York, NY, in October 2010.

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I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
I'm traveling through this world below
But there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright land, to which I go.

I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come,
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home.

I know dark clouds gonna gather round me
I know my way'll be rough and steep;
But beautiful fields lie just before me
Where weary eyes no more will weep

I'm going there to see my loved ones
Gone on before me one by one,
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home.

I'll soon be free from earthly trials
This form shall rest beneath the sod
I'll drop this cross of self-denial
And I'll go singing home to God

I'm going there to see my Father
I'll dwell with him and I'll never roam
Oh I'm just going over Jordan
I'm only going over home.

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from Songs from the River Project, Volume 1, released November 1, 2011
Eve Beglarian, voice; Mary Rowell, electric violin

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Eve Beglarian Brandon, Vermont

"Ms. Beglarian kayaked and bicycled the length of the Mississippi River [and] has translated her findings into music of sophisticated rusticity… [Her] Americana song cycle captures those swift currents as vividly as Mark Twain did. The works waft gracefully on her handsome folk croon and varied folk instrumentation as mysterious as their inspiration." -The New York Times ... more

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