The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9681

9681. Can A Boy Forget His Mother?

1 Can a boy forget his mother’s prayer,
When he has wandered, God knows where?
It’s down the path of death and shame,
But mother’s prayers are heard the same!

Refrain:
Come back, my boy, come back, I say,
And walk now in thy mother’s way;
Come back, my boy, come back, I say,
And walk now in thy mother’s way.

2 Can a boy forget his mother’s face,
Whose heart was kind and filled with grace?
Her loving voice it echoes sweet:
She waits, she longs, her boy to meet! [Refrain]

3 Can a boy forget his mother’s door,
From which he wandered years before?
With tears and sighs she said, Goodbye!
Meet me, my boy, beyond the sky! [Refrain]

4 Can a boy forget that she is dead,
Though many years have passed and fled?
Those tears, that prayer, that sweet Goodbye;
She waits to welcome thee on high! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Can a boy forget his mother’s prayer
• Title: Can A Boy Forget His Mother?
• Author: Joseph H. Weber
• Refrain First Line: Come back, my boy, come back, I say
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Can a boy forget his mother's prayer]
• Composer: Joseph Hulse Weber
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain