The Wandering Boy - The Stanley Brothers
Tuning: A, E A D G B E
The Wandering Boy by The Stanley Brothers
CD: The Stanley Brothers--The Complete columbia Stanley Brothers (1949-1952)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDXJk173HKs
Provided by Sony Music Entertainment
Standard Tuning
Key: A
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Out in the col
d world and fa
r away from ho
me
Some mother's
boy is wanderi
ng all alone
No one to guid
e him or keep
his footsteps
right
Some mother's
boy is homeles
s tonight
[Chorus]
Oh, bring back
to me, my wan
dering boy
For there is n
o other that's
left to give
me joy
Tell him his m
other with fad
ed cheeks and
hair
Is at the old
home, awaiting
him there
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Out in the hal
lway there sta
nds a vacant c
hair
Had an old pai
r of shoes he
used to wear
Empty now the
cradle, he use
d to love so w
ell
Oh, how I love
him, no tongu
e can tell
[Chorus]
Oh, bring back
to me, my wan
dering boy
For there is n
o other that's
left to give
me joy
Tell him his m
other with fad
ed cheeks and
hair
Is at the old
home, awaiting
him there
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Well, I rememb
er the parting
words he said
"We'll meet ag
ain where tear
s are never sh
ed
No separation
his burden so
fair
When life is o
ver, I'll meet
you up there
[Chorus]
Oh, bring back
to me, my wan
dering boy
For there is n
o other that's
left to give
me joy
Tell him his m
other with fad
ed cheeks and
hair
Is at the old
home, awaiting
him there