Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home chords by The Stanley Brothers

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Verse 1
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One night, while the moon from
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Heaven was shining
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My mother was praying for
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me to come home
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She asked her dear lord: "Watch
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over me out yonder
To send me back home to
never more roam."

Verse 2
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When I left my old home way
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back in the mountains
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I said I'd re  turn with honor and fame
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But a young reckless heart turned
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wrong at the crossroads
And now as I go home,
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I bring mother shame
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Verse 3
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When I got to the place where
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I spent my childhood
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The silvery moon was shining so bright
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When I asked my dear friends
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to tell me of mother
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They said she was called
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on to Heaven last night
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Verse 4
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told them of how she
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was longing to see me
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How lonely her home
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since I  went away
Said, "Darling,
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repent and  ask for forgiveness
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And meet mother there in
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heaven some day."