Bluegrass Songs - Bring back my wandering boy

Bring back my wandering boy

Out in the cold world and far away home
Some mother's boy is wandering all alone
With no one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
Some mother's boy is homeless tonight

    Bring back to me my wandering boy
    For there is no other who's so apt give me joy
    Tell him that his mother with faded cheeks and hair
    Is at the old home place awaiting him there

Out in the hallway, there stand a vacant chair
And an old pair of shoes he used to wear
Empty is the cardle he used to love so well
Oh, how I miss him no tongue can tell

  * Refrain

Well I remember those parting words he said
We'll meet up yonder where tears are never shed
In that land of sunshine away from toil and care
When life is over, I'll meet you up there

  * Refrain