The Carter Family - Your Mother Still Prays For You Jack lyrics

The night was dark and stormy The wind was howling wild As an aged mother gazed upon The portrait of her child As she gazed on the baby's features That once filled her heart with joy He's now in this wild world roaming That mother's long lost boy Your mother still prays for you, Jack Your mother still prays for you In a home far over the ocean Your mother still prays for you At last there came a letter It was deeply edged in black From a comrade long forgotten Who still remembered Jack They have lain your dear old mother In a grave so dark and cold And she wants her boy who is roaming To meet her on the streets of gold His stony heart was broken As he thought of his mother dear And in spite of his comrades laughing He could not keep back his tears In spite of the great temptations That once filled his heart with tears So he started for Heaven that evening As sweetly the people did sing