A popular ballad from 1920
Words and music by Bud Green, Charlie Pierce and Al Dubin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- For every heart that wanders from home
A prayer is said each night
And tho’ there’s danger where you may roam
That prayer will lead you right
I’ve wandered far from mother’s knee
No harm can come to me
Refrain
Fortune smiles on, sorrows are gone
Clouds never pass my way
Burdens are light, both day and night
No matter where I wander
Some magic charm keeps me from harm
And always holds me there
I have banished my fears
For I know God hears
My mother’s evening prayer
- I seem to see her heavenly smile
At every winding lane
And as I roam I know all the while
Her prayers are not in vain
Tho’ darkened shadows seem to fall
Sunshine will follow all