G                   C          D                G
    The night was dark and stormy, the wind was howling wild,
          G            C              D               G
    as an aged mother gazed upon the portrait of her child.
            G                   C             D                          G
    As she gazed on the baby's features that once filled her heart with joy,
          G                      C             D                  G
    he's now in this wild world roaming, that mother's long lost boy.

      G                      C               D                      G
Your mother still prays for you, Jack, your mother still prays for you,
      G                C            D                      G
in a home far over the ocean, your mother still prays for you.

( G C D G )

        G                 C               D               G
    At last there came a letter, it was deeply edged in black,
            G               C           D                G
    from a comrade long forgotten, who still remembered Jack.
              G                   C            D               G
    They have lain your dear old mother in a grave so dark and cold,
             G                    C
    and she wants her boy who is roaming
        D                          G
    to meet her on the streets of gold.

      G                      C               D                      G
Your mother still prays for you, Jack, your mother still prays for you,
      G                C            D                      G
in a home far over the ocean, your mother still prays for you.

( G C D G )

          G              C              D                    G
    His stony heart was broken, as he thought of his mother dear,
         G                     C             D                      G
 and in spite of his comrades laughing, he could not keep back his tears.
         G                      C            D                         G
    In spite of the great tempolations that once filled his heart with tears,
          G                      C              D                   G
   so he started for Heaven that evening, as sweetly the people did sing.

      G                      C               D                      G
Your mother still prays for you, Jack, your mother still prays for you,
      G                C            D                      G
in a home far over the ocean, your mother still prays for you.