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Artist: The Carter Family
Canonical path: /the-carter-family/bring-back-my-boy
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Bring Back My Boy
Read Bring Back My Boy lyrics by The Carter Family on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Bring Back My Boy
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Out in the cold world and far away form home
Somebody's boy is wandering alone
No one to guide him and keep his footsteps right
Somebody's boy is homeless tonight.
[Chorus:]
Bring back my boy, my wandering boy
Far, far away, wherever he may be
Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair
At their old home is waiting him there.
Out in the hallway there stands a vacant chair
Yonder's the shoes my darling used to wear
Empty the cradle, the one that's loved so well
Oh how I miss him there's no toung can tell.
[Chorus]
Oh could I see him and fold him to my breast
Gladly I'd close my eyes anmd be at rest
There is no other that's left to give me joy
Bring back my boy, my wandering boy.
[Chorus]
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