[1] Tonight my heart is lonely [4] for the folks back [1] home
Where I left my mother and daddy all a-[5]-lone
There's [1] been a lot of changes there [4] since I been a-[1]-round
I'd like to wander back [5] to the old home [1] town

You'll never miss the home folks until you've gone away
And then you'll need a friend to help you every day
Then you'll call on mother but she won't be around
I'd like to wander back to the old home town

I've searched this whole world over since I've been around
I've never found a place just like the old home town
If I could live life over I'd never roam around
I'd like to wander back to the old home town