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
   Oh 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

Oh 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

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