[Verse 1]
             
I wandered aga

            
in to my home 

       
in the mountai

ns
              
Where in youth

              
s' early dawn 

             
I was happy an

       
d free
            
I looked for m

             
y friends but 

            
I never could 


find them
             
I found they w

             
ere all rank s

            
trangers to me

     
.

[Chorus]

Ever'body I me

t (RESPONSE: e

ver'body I met

)
             
Seemed to be a

      
 rank stranger

 (seemed to be

 a rank strang

er)

No mother or d

ad (no mother 

or dad) ...
             
Not a friend c

            
ould I see (no

             
t a friend cou

    
ld I see)
              
They knew not 

   
my name (they 

knew not my na

me)
            
And I knew not

       
 their faces (

and I knew not

 their faces)

I found they w

ere all (I fou

nd they were a

ll)
            
Rank strangers

            
 to me (rank s

             
trangers to  m

e).

[Break]
             

[Verse 2]
             
"They've all m

              
oved away" - s

             
aid the voice 

     
of a stranger
             
"To a beautifu

              
l home - by th

             
e bright cryst

          
al sea"
             
Some beautiful

            
 day - I'll me

          
et 'em in heav

en
              
Where no one w

            
ill be - a str

              
anger to me.

[Chorus]

Ever'body I me

t (RESPONSE: e

ver'body I met

)
             
Seemed to be a

      
 rank stranger

 (seemed to be

 a rank strang

er)

No mother or d

ad (no mother 

or dad) ...
             
Not a friend c

            
ould I see (no

             
t a friend cou

    
ld I see)
              
They knew not 

   
my name (they 

knew not my na

me)
            
And I knew not

       
 their faces (

and I knew not

 their faces)

I found they w

ere all (I fou

nd they were a

ll)
            
Rank strangers

            
 to me (rank s

             
trangers to  m

e).

[Outro]