Dear Old Mother - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys

Oh the fields were turning brown

All around that southern town

The boy came down the highway all alone

And his face was looking sad

He was thinking of his dad

And his mother that he left at home sweet home

Dear old mother how I miss you

How I long for your sweet face and sunny smile

I would give up all

I own just to be with you at home

And to linger there for just a little while

Oh the morning glory vine

Around the cabin door would twine

And the mockingbird would sing along the tree

Then we'd take our dear old book

And go down beside the brook

And there for hours she'd sit and read to me

Dear old mother how I miss you

How I long for your sweet face and sunny smile

I would give up all

I own just to be with you at home

And to linger there for just a little while

Now I'm in this world alone

The old folks are not at home

They've gone up to a happier home above

The mockingbirds are singing yet

And I never will forget

My mother and dad were all I had to love

Dear old mother how I miss you

How I long for your sweet face and sunny smile

I would give up all

I own just to be with you at home

And to linger there for just a little while