The Wandering Boy Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

Out in the cold world and far away from home 

Some mother's boy is wandering all alone 

No one to guide him or keep his footsteps right 

Some mother's boy is homeless tonight 

Oh, bring back to me, my wandering boy 

For there is no other that'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 

Had an old pair of shoes he used to wear 

Empty now the cradle, he used to love so well 

Oh, how I love him, no tongue can tell 

Oh, bring back to me, my wandering boy 

For there is no other that's left to give me joy 

Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair 

Is at the old home, awaiting him there 

Well, I remember the parting words he said 

"We'll meet again where tears are never shed 

No separation [Incomprehensible] 

When life is over, I'll meet you up there 

Oh, bring back to me, my wandering boy 

For there is no other that's left to give me joy 

Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair 

Is at the old home, awaiting him there