Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home

Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home - Stanley Brothers

One night while the moon

From heaven was shining

My mother was praying

For me to come home

She asked her dear lord

Watch o'er me out yonder

To send me back home to never more roam

When I left my old home

Way back in the mountains

I said I'd return with honor and fame

But a young reckless heart turned

Wrong at the crossroads

And now as I go home I bring mother shame

When I got to the place where

I spent my childhood

The silvery moon was shining so bright

When I asked my dear friends

To tell me of mother

They said she was called on to heaven last night

She told them of how

She was longing to see me

How lonely her home since

I went away

Said darling repent and ask for forgiveness

And meet mother there in heaven some day

Mother has gone to live with the angels

Her soul is at rest around

The great throne

Now I have no one left here to advise me

For mother no longer awaits me at home