Chant Claire performs "Long Time Traveller" arranged by the Wailin' Jennys (traditional by Edmund Dumas) on December 17, 2022 at St. Marcus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Ye fleeting charms of earth, farewell
Your springs of joy are dry
My soul now seeks another home,
a brighter world on high.

I’m a long time travelling here below
I’m a long time travelling away from home
I’m a long time travelling here below
To lay this body down.

Farewell kind friends whose tender care
has long engaged my love.
Your fond embrace I now exchange
for better friends above.

I’m a long time travelling here below
I’m a long time travelling away from home
I’m a long time travelling here below
To lay this body down.

— from John Dobell’s 1810 “New Selection of Hymns”