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[Verse 1]
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Out in the cold world and far away from home
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Some mother's boy is wandering all alone
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No one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
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Some mother's boy is homeless tonight


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


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[Verse 2]
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Out in the hallway there stands a vacant chair
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Had an old pair of shoes he used to wear
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Empty now the cradle, he used to love so well
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Oh, how I love him, no tongue can tell


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


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[Verse 3]
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Well, I remember the parting words he said
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"We'll meet again where tears are never shed
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No separation his burden so fair
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When life is over, I'll meet you up there


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