Victory Songs ‎#198

198. Wandering Child, O Come Home.

1 Have you wandered away from your Father's care,
Heavy hearted and sad do you roam?
There's a sweet gentle voice calling now to you--
Wand-ring child, wand'ring child, O come home.

Chorus:
Child, come home, child come home,
Wand'ring child, why longer roam?
'Tis thy Father entreats--
Wand'ring child, O come home.
Child, come home, child come home,
Wand'ring child, why longer roam?
'Tis thy Father entreats--
Wand'ring child, O come home.

2 Is your frail bark adrift on life's raging sea,
Are you tossed on its billows and foam?
There's a safe harbor home, waiting now for you--
Wand-ring child, wand'ring child, O come home. [Chorus]

3 He is pleading today, heed His gentle voice,
As He bids you no longer to roam,
To that dear Father's house haste without delay--
Wand-ring child, wand'ring child, O come home. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Have you wandered away from your Father's care
• Title: Wandering Child, O Come Home.
• Author: Kem G. Bottorf
• Refrain First Line: Child, come home, child, come home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: Male Voices; Choruses
• Copyright: Copyright, 1914, by Homer A. Rodeheaver. International Copyright Secured
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Have you wandered away from your Father's care]
• Composer: Kem G. Bottorf
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Copyright, 1914, by Homer A. Rodeheaver. International Copyright Secured
• Notes: Public Domain.