Intro 
G C G D 
G C G D G 

Verse: 1
 
      G                  C 
Last night while I lay sleeping 
      G          D7     G 
Last night while in a dream 
                   C 
I saw my dear old mother 
     G    D7          G 
Down by a rippling stream 


[Refrão]
 
      C               G 
Don't ask me why I'm weeping 
      C              G 
Don't ask me why I pray 
                  C 
For I've an aged mother 
      G      D7      G 
Ten thousand miles away 

Solo: G C G D G 

Verse: 2 
   G                C 
A letter here from sister dear 
      G          D7    G 
Come home, we're all alone 
                      C 
Dear mother's slowly fading 
     G       D7       G 
She can't be with us long 



[Refrão]

      C               G 
Don't ask me why I'm weeping 
      C              G 
Don't ask me why I pray 
                        C 
I've a dear old mother dying 
      G      D7 
Ten thousand miles away 

Bridge 

 G          D7         G 
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay 
 G          D7         G 
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay 
C           G 
Out in the cold world 
D7              G 
Long ways from home 

Verse: 3 
      G              C 
I'm drawing near the old home 
      G       D7      G 
Dear sister's at the gate 
                              C 
She's leading me through the doorway 
      G             D7        G 
Oh, brother, you've come too late 


[Refrão]
 
     C              G 
Oh, lead me to the casket 
       C                 G 
Throw back the linen so fine 
                     C 
That I may kiss her pale white lips 
       G           D7          G 
For I know they'll never kiss mine 

Solo: G C G D G 


Verse: 4 
   G                  C 
I see the pale moon shining 
    G        D7         G 
On mother's white tombstone 
                           C 
The rosebuds 'round them twining 
     G        D7   G 
Are just like me alone 

Outro 
 G          D7         G 
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay 
 G          D7         G 
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay 
C           G 
Out in the cold world 
D7         G 
Left all alone 

End