Wayfaring Stranger (new arrangement)

I can't sing with a darn, and I just recorded this on a lone electric guitar w/ vocal. It's the kind of demo I would have done with a band years ago to show them a new arrangement I had come up with so they could take it home and learn it. Anyway, I'm only posting it to see if anyone likes the arrangement.
 
As you probably know, this is an old traditional song, and like a lot of old songs, no one knows how the original lyrics went, so you'll find several different versions of them. These are the ones I used. The chords are actually the same; I just used some progressions to create movement and gradually sped up the temple to build a climax at the chorus.
 
Thanks!
 Bill
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Wayfaring Stranger
 
 
Verse 1
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
Passing through this world of woe
But there’s no sickness, toil, or danger
In that bright land to which I go
 
Verse 2
I know dark clouds, they gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
But golden fields, they rise before me
Where the saints, their vigils keep
 
Chorus 1
I’m going there to see my mother
Going there, no more to roam
I’m only going over Jordan
Just passing through on my way home
 
Solo
 
Chorus 2
I’m going there to see my father
He said he’d meet me when I come
I’m only going over Jordan
Just passing through on my way home

Good stuff - weirdly reminds me of Tom Waits

No comment on the vocal, inappropriate for a furry alien whose singing kills at a parsec.

Enjoyed the guitar work, are you intending to take this somewhere else?

Bill,
 
The arrangement is pretty cool, like the guitar playing a lot.   Thumbs up.
 
Regards

Thanks for the comments fellas. I know it's not very good, but I see you other guys post all these vocal songs, and I just wanted to jump in the pool for a while too. Now, back to my little world of instrumental music where bums like me belong. 
 
Bill

I think you sing just fine.  It actually lends more earth to the traditional tune.  Also, you are a fantastic guitar player.  I like what you did to it.  I like people who try to step out of the box.  Great tones on that guitar.
 
 

I liked it.
 
This was my take on the same.
http://gswitz.blob.core.windows.net/tunes/20121009_WayfaringStranger.mp3
 
Here's another like it.
http://gswitz.blob.core.windows.net/tunes/20130614_05_TheMaker.mp3
 

Such resonance in your voice. While you'd do well to edit out some more of the mic sounds between lines, I'd be practicing the heck out of singing if you reckon you can't sing. Because, geez...that's a vocal tone that you can work with. You have the pipes...

I thought "Summertime" too when I first heard it.  Excellent guitar work and your rough vocal delivery adds to the dismal mood of the overall tune.
 
John B.