Songs of the Century ‎#177

177. Somewhere To-night

1 Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, in anguish and tears,
A mother looks back o'er the flight of the years,
When bright as the morning, and pure as the dew,
The child of her love in his innocence grew.

Refrain:
Somewhere tonight, somewhere tonight,
The child of her love wanders somewhere tonight;
O wandering boy, she's pleading for you tonight;
“Come home, my child, come home;
Come home, my child, come home.

2 Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, fast hastening on,
In ways that are sinful, her loved one has gone;
Her wandering boy going farther astray,
Despising the prayers of his mother today. [Refrain]

3 Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, a pale mother stands,
And pleads with her boy, as she clasps her thin hands;
“O go not, my boy, in the ways that are wrong,
Remember, I pray for you all the night long.” [Refrain]

4 Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, a mother tonight,
Will pray for her boy till the dawn of the light;
Then fold her pale hands on her slow heaving breast—
The morning will find her forever at rest. [Refrain]

5 Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, out under the sod,
A mother lies sleeping who trusted in God;
O where is the boy that received her last kiss,
And promised his mother to meet her in bliss? [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, in anguish and tears
• Title: Somewhere To-night
• Author: J. M. W.
• Refrain First Line: Somewhere tonight
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1900

Tune Information

• Name: [Somewhere, ah! yes, somewhere, in anguish and tears]
• Composer: J. M. Whyte