Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: A Messenger for Jesus #d86 (1913)Hymnal Title: A Messenger for JesusFirst Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders todayLanguages: English
Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: Diadems #88 (1913)Hymnal Title: DiademsFirst Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders todayRefrain First Line: Somebody's boy!Languages: EnglishTune Title: [Homeless and friendless he wanders today]
Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: Inspiring Hymns #361 (1914)Hymnal Title: Inspiring HymnsFirst Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders todayRefrain First Line: Somebody's boy somebody's boy!Languages: EnglishTune Title: [Homeless and friendless he wanders today]
Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: Joy to the World #326 (1915)Hymnal Title: Joy to the WorldFirst Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders todayRefrain First Line: Somebody's boy!Languages: EnglishTune Title: [Homeless and friendless he wanders today]
Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: Songs of Salvation and Service. #d74 (1916)Hymnal Title: Songs of Salvation and Service.First Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders today
Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: The Anti-Saloon League Song Book #5 (1915)Hymnal Title: The Anti-Saloon League Song BookFirst Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders todayRefrain First Line: Somebody's boy!Languages: EnglishTune Title: [Homeless and friendless he wanders today]
Author: Floy S. ArmstrongHymnal: The New Make Christ King #243 (1914)Hymnal Title: The New Make Christ KingFirst Line: Homeless and friendless he wanders todayRefrain First Line: Somebody's boy! Somebody's boyLyrics: 1 Homeless and friendless he wanders today
Into the pathways of shame;
Only a drunkard, an outcast, you say,
But he’s somebody’s boy, just the same.
Chorus:
Somebody’s boy! Somebody’s boy!
What if that boy were mine?
Somebody’s boy! Somebody’s boy!
What if that boy were mine?
2 Somewhere it may be a mother in prayer
Whispers the wanderer’s name;
Tho’ he has spurned both her counsel and care
He is some mother’s boy, just the same. [Chorus]
3 See how the tempter, destructive and bold,
Ever is seeking for prey;
Tales of wrecked manhood and ruin are told—
Of the boys that are ruined each day. [Chorus]
4 Spurn then the gold from the dramseller’s hand
Buying your sanction to vice;
Banish the dramshops that darken our land,
For your boy and my boy pays the price. [Chorus]
Languages: EnglishTune Title: [Homeless and friendless he wanders today]