Cat. #1548 (MFH #) - As sung by Melvin Rogers, Ava, Missouri on April 8, 1975
VERSE 1
Mother stood on th river pool dock
With a hankerchief up to her eyes
And as th ship slowly steamed up th tide
Was then that she said, goodbye
My boy you're going away, far 'way
To leave your ole Mother behind
An you return to th land of your birth
There'll be no one to welcome you home
CHORUS:
There'll be no one to welcome you home, welcome home
There'll be no one to welcome you home
An when you return to th land of your birth
There'll be no one to welcome you home
VERSE 2
In th dim twilight, I'm wondering tonight
Homeless an' sadly I roam
Fatherless an' sadly I roam
With no one to welcome me home
I'd give gold or silver or diamonds so rare
Or anything under th sun
If when I return to th land of my birth
There'd be someone to welcome me home