Cat. #0314 (MFH #49) - As sung by Aunt Fannie Pricket, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on February 11, 1959
VERSE 1
Behold that mothers wayward boy
Returning home to leave
He does not heed her loving words
Nor shun her heart to grieve
VERSE 2
On roving bent, he left her now
For her affection cares
And cruelly forsakes her yet
She follows with her prayer
VERSE 3
Gone, gone, she knows not where
And yet his loves he shares
Forgotten he's followed ever
By a faithful Mother's prayer
VERSE 4
Tho he may live an' roam in many a land
An' fall by sinful snare
Will God not surely honor yet
Th peaceful Mother's prayer
VERSE 5
O does'th he live an' if he does
She knows not how he fairs
Well, God will surely honor yet
That peaceful Mother's prayer