American Old Time Song Lyrics: 34 The Wandering Refugee
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 34
THE WANDERING REFUGEE.
Farewell, mother, home and friends! we may never meet again-
Soon 'mid strangers I must roam, oh! the parting gives me pain-
Tho' I wander far away, lonely o'er life's stormy sea.
Who will shed one gentle tear for a wandering refugee?
Who will shed a gentle tear for a wandering refugee?
Chords.
Mother, oh! farewell! I must go, I'll think of thee-
Oh! mother, I must leave thee, I'm a wandering refugee!
Farewell, sunny Southern home! Home I always loved so trueoft will tear-drops dim mine eyes, when my memory flies to you!
But the happy scenes of yore, I, alas! will never seeI'll be roaming far away, a lonely wandering refugee!
I'll be roaming far away, a lonely wandering refugee!
Chorus.
Mother, oh! farewell! I must go, I'll think of theeoh! mother, I must leave thee now, I'm a wandering refugee!