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

Refrain
I’m just agoing over Jordan,
I’m just agoing over home.

I am a poor wayfaring stranger,
While traveling through this world of woe.
Yet there’s no sickness, toil nor danger
In that bright world to where I go.
I’m going there to see my Sister;
I’m going there no more to roam.

Refrain
I’m just agoing over Jordan,
I’m just agoing over home.

I learnt this song from a beloved record in the sixties or seventies
Alfred Deller!!

On that record Alfred Deller sang only the first stanza,
but four times, exchanging only the word "father":
I'm going there to see
my Father, my Mother, my Brother, my Sister.
which would serve me well today, 2007,
since one after the other of my original family died:
my father Siegfried Guth 1943
my brother Eberhard Guth 1970
my mother Maria Berge-Guth 1985
my sister Ursula Guth-Kasper 2004,
~~~~~~~~~

but I do no longer want to go to "that bright world".
The "heaven" for which we all yearn,
has to be manifested on earth and in our bodies.
But even so, the question nobody seems to ask, is:
what does it mean "Heaven on Earth"?
Of course, "there is no sickness, toil or danger",
no, not, nor! but what yes?

I came to define the 'yes' as:
grate-full-ness, zest-full-ness, full-fill-ment!

Searching the Internet
I find even more than one performance ,
but always to a much longer text,
which is not relevant for me.

I know dark clouds will gather round me;
I know my way is rough and steep.
But golden fields lie out before me
Where God’s redeemed shall ever sleep.
I’m going there to see my mother,
She said she’d meet me when I come.
Refrain

I’ll soon be free from every trial,
My body sleep in the churchyard;
I’ll drop the cross of self denial
And enter on my great reward.
I’m going there to see my Savior,
To sing His praise forevermore.
Refrain

Also I don't like that it is inserted in a Christian context,
while the expression :
"I'm going over Jordan", meaning I'm going to die,
was used even by an Austran pop singer in an interview
given before he died just now (June 2007)
The river Jordan
and the Dead Sea into which it flows
are important metaphors for me too,
see my song to the original as well as translated lyrics of
Heinrich Heine- Brich aus in lauten Klagen..
and my little song for my grandson Arnon to is 11th birthday
and Naomi Shemer's famous song!

the score can be seen on this site

The party in this case was set up not for us,
but for her animals,
and therefore in the smallest corner available,
with the smallest "table", "map" and "dishes".
When she could retrieve only two of the tiny vessels, which I had brought her from the coffee-servings
on my flights to and from Europe
she was frustrated: "Why did you throw them away?"
"Because there is much too much stuff around here!
Why don't you ask your pilot-father to bring you more?"


The party occurred on the background of the blanket,
which was given to me on my seventieth birthday
by all my 16 actors, but initiated by Mika's mother.
Right now the blanket covers a heap
of cardboard -boxes and of Mika's toy animals ,
since her room is still not built on the upper floor
(incredible bureaucracy...)

The verse appeared on K.i.s.s.-Log 2008
since August 5, each day till December 31:

"AZ NIDBERU"
- My new Midrash and song in 5 languages
about the prophecy of Malachi 3, 16
["YHWH" is named "HA-SHEM"= The Name]

Then those who see Ha-Shem, will talk among each other,
and he listens      and he hears
yatakaalamuna     allathina     yarau'na-hu ,
va-yusri        va-yasma'
Dann die IHN schauen, werden reden miteinander,
und er lauscht      und er hoert
Puis ceux qu'ils voient Ha-Shem, se parlent l'un a l'autre
il entends,        il ecoute

and he listens      and he hears

va-yusri        va-yasma'

und er lauscht      und er hoert

il entends,        il ecoute