Distant Land To Roam Lyrics - Ralph Stanley

I remember very well 

On one dark and dreary day 

Just as I was leaving home 

For a distant land to roam 

Mother said (mother said) 

My dear boy (my dear boy) 

I hope I'll see you next year again 

Fare you well (fare you well) 

Fare you well (fare you well) 

So I left my dear old home 

For a distant land to roam 

Now I wandered far away 

From my home I've gone astray 

Now I'm coming, coming home 

Never more from thee to roam 

Mother said (mother said) 

My dear boy (my dear boy) 

I hope I'll see you next year again 

Fare you well (fare you well) 

Fare you well (fare you well) 

So I left my dear old home 

For a distant land to roam 

Now these words she said to me 

As she took me by the hand 

If on earth we meet no more 

May we meet at God's right hand 

Mother said (mother said) 

My dear boy (my dear boy) 

I hope I'll see you next year again 

Fare you well (fare you well) 

Fare you well (fare you well) 

So I left my dear old home 

For a distant land to roam