[Verse 1]
              
I left my old 

 
home, to rambl

e this country
              
My mother and 

             
dad, said son 

           
don't go wrong

.
              
Remember that 

             
God, will alwa

          
ys watch over 

you.
              
And we will be

             
 waiting, for 

             
you here at ho

me.

[Chorus]
              
Son don't go a

             
stray, was wha

            
t they both to

ld me.
              
Remember that 

             
love, for God 

          
can be found.
              
But now they'r

             
e both gone, t

              
his letter jus

   
t told me.
             
For years they

          
've been dead,

 the fields ha

ve turned brow

n.

[Verse 2]
              
For many long 

 
years, I've tr

avelled in sor

row.
              
No thought of 

             
the day, when 

          
I would return

.
              
Now as I come 

             
home, and find

          
 no one waitin

g,
              
the price I ha

             
ve paid, to li

           
ve and to lear

n.

[Chorus]
              
Son don't go a

             
stray, was wha

            
t they both to

ld me.
              
Remember that 

             
love, for God 

          
can be found.
              
But now they'r

             
e both gone, t

              
his letter jus

   
t told me.
             
For years they

          
've been dead,

 the fields ha

ve turned brow

n.