Distant Land To Roam - Ralph Stanley

I remember very well 
On one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home 
For a distant land to roam 

Mother said (mother said) 
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope I'll see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well) 
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home 
For a distant land to roam 

Now I wandered far away 
From my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming, coming home 
Never more from thee to roam 

Mother said (mother said) 
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope I'll see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well) 
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home 
For a distant land to roam 

Now these words she said to me 
As she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more 
May we meet at God's right hand 

Mother said (mother said) 
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope I'll see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well) 
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home 
For a distant land to roam