Last night I lay down, everything was so fine
Had mama and dad so much oh my mind
Thinking of home and the ones I loved so
Everything was so great a wonderful home
Then I woke up, I was a-dreaming
No mother or dad, no children a-playing
Everything was so quiet everybody was gone
There was nothing left but a lonesome old home
Then I got up the sun was so bright
I looked all around but something not right
I walked out the door and there on hill
Stood two lonesome graves, lord it gave me a chill
* Refrain
As I stood there everything was so still
As I started to leave them lonesome old hills
Leaving behind where I used to roam
Mama and dad and a lonesome old home
* Refrain