Where is my wandering boy tonight

Where is my wandering boy tonight
The boy of my tenderest care
The boy that was once my joy and light
The child of my love and prayer



    Where is my boy tonight
    Where is my boy tonight
    My heart o'erflows, for I love him, he knows
    O where is my boy tonight



Once he was pure as morning dew
As he knelt at his mother's knee
No face was so bright, no heart more true
And none was so sweet as he



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O chould I see you now my boy
As fair as in olden time
When prattle and smile made home a joy
And life was a merry chime



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Go for my wand'ring boy tonight
Go search for him where you will
But bring him to me with all his blight
And tell him I love him still



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