The wayworn traveler    (video)

 

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1. I saw a wayworn traveler, in tattered garments clad,

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    and struggling up the mountain, it seemed that he was sad.

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    His back was laden heavy, his strength was almost gone,

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    yet shouted as he journeyed : Deliverance will come !

 

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Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,

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palms of victory I shall wear !

 

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2. The summer sun was shining, the sweat was on his brow,

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    his garments worn and dusty, his steps seemed very slow.

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    But he kept pressing onward for he was wending home,

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    still shouting as he journeyed : Deliverance will come !

 

+  CHORUS       +  G - D - G (2x)

 

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3. The songsters in the harbor that stood beside the way,

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    attracted his attention, inviting his delay.

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    His watchword being onward, he stopped his ears and ran,

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    still shouting as he journeyed : Deliverance will come !

 

+ CHORUS

 

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4. While gazing on that city just o'er that narrow flood,

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    a band of holy angels came from the throne of God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    They bore him on their pinions before the dashing foam,

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    and joined him in his triumph : Deliverance has come !

 

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Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,

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palms of victory I shall wear.

 

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (The Carter Family)