Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

One night while the moon from heaven was shining 

My mother was praying for me to come home 

She asked her dear lord watch o'er me out yonder 

To send me back home to never more roam 

When I left my old home way back in the mountains 

I said I'd return with honor and fame 

But a young reckless heart turned wrong at the crossroads 

And now as I go home I bring mother shame 

When I got to the place where I spent my childhood 

The silvery moon was shining so bright 

When I asked my dear friends to tell me of mother 

They said she was called on to heaven last night 

She told them of how she was longing to see me 

How lonely her home since I went away 

Said darling repent and ask for forgiveness 

And meet mother there in heaven some day