Bring Back to Me My Wandering Boy

Out in the cold world and far away from 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

Chorus
Oh, bring back to me my wandering boy
For there is no other who's left to give me joy
Tell him his mother, with faded cheeks and hair
Is at the old home awaiting him there

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

Well I remember those parting words he said
We'll meet up yonder where tears are never shed
There'll be no goodbyes in that land so fair
When life is over, I'll meet you up there

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