Last night while I lay sleeping
Last night while in a dream
I saw my dear old mother
Down by a rippling stream
Don't ask me why I'm weeping
Don't ask me why I pray
For I've an aged mother
10,000 miles away
 [bad word] break]
letter here from sister dear [bad word] home, we're all alone
Dear mother's slowly fading
She can't be with us long
Don't ask me why I'm weeping
Don't ask me why I pray
I've a dear old mother dying
10,000 miles away
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
Out in the cold world
long ways from home
I'm drawing near the old home
Dear sister's at the gate
She's leading me through the doorway
Oh, brother, [bad word] too late
Oh, lead me to the casket
Throw back the linen so fine
That I may kiss her pale white lips
For I know they'll never kiss mine
I see the pale moon shining
On mother's white tombstone
The rosebuds 'round them twining
Are just like me--alone
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
Out in the cold world
Left all alone