Key: Em
Form: Slow Air/song/spiritual
MP3: (played by Gina Fehr)
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Sheet Music in PDF: The Wayfaring Stranger
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X: 1 T: The Wayfaring Stranger R: reel M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: Emin "Em"z2E2E2B2|B8-|B2G2A2G2-|GE-EE-E4| z3EE2B2|"Am"z2A6-|A2E-E(3G2A2B2|"Em"B8| zEE3EB2|"Em"z2B6-|B2G2A2G2|ED2E-E4| z2E2EB2A-|"C"A8-|"D"A2G2-GE2D-|"Em"DE2-E4E| z2B2B2d2|"C"z2e6-|e2e2d2B2|"G"BAGG-G4| z2G2G2B2|"C"B8-|B2G2(3G2A2B2-|"B7"B2BAB4| z2E2E2B2|"Em"z2B6-|B2G2A2G2-|GE-EE-E4| z2E2EB2A-|"C"A8-|"D"A2G2-GE2D-|"Em"DE2-E4E:|
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as sung by Bill Monroe:
Source: Trad? (Wayfaring Stranger appeared in an 1870 compendium “The Song-Crowned King” edited by Aldine S. Keiffer, but is likely even older.)
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Region: USA, Southern
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