Come On Home Boy

He got a letter saying

"Guess you don't remember me

But I'm the girl that you courted

Before you ran away to sea"



"You never even wrote a letter

Even to your mom and dad

Now it's too late to write your daddy

And your mama's feeling mighty bad"



Won't you come on home boy, come on home boy

Your mama's all alone since your dad's been gone

Well, come on home boy, come on home boy

Your mama's mighty blue from missing you



Well, he caught him a train up in Frisco

Headin' back to Tennessee

Thinking of a Mom and Daddy

That used to rock him on their knees



No more fishing in the creek with Daddy

No huntin' when the leaves turn brown

Every turn of the wheel seemed to tell him

Son you gone and let us down



Won't you come on home boy, come on home boy

Your mama's all alone since your dad's been gone

Well, come on home boy, come on home boy

Your mama's mighty blue from missing you



He walked up to the cabin

As it was gettin' dark

So blue by the doorstep

Wondered why he didn't bark



He called but nobody answered

He looked around and then he cried

Underneath the weeping willow

Were two crosses side by side



Won't you come on home boy, come on home boy

Your mama's all alone since your dad's been gone

Well, come on home boy, come on home boy

Yeah, your mama's mighty blue from missing you