Wilder Adkins What Wondrous Love Is This song lyrics

When I was 23, boozing-oh, boozing-oh

When I was 23, left my home

When I was 23, said ‘Father give to me

My share of what you're worth, I will roam, I will roam

I kissed my mother's face and I left home

I wandered far from there, gave my love, gave my love

I wandered far from there, gave my love

She wore a pretty gown, and she let her tresses down

and the boys would gather round, O my love, O my love

the boys would gather round her, my love

But she cared not for me, O my soul, O my soul

No, she cared not for me, O my soul

As I lay fast asleep, she took her leave of me

and left me not a thing, O my soul, O my soul

and left me not a thing, O my soul

As I was sinking down, weary boned, O my soul

As I was sinking down, I missed my home

I set off down the road, for to take a servant's load

back to my father's home I would go, I would go

O never more to roam, O my soul

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul

What wondrous love is this, O my soul

What wondrous love is this, met with a father's kiss

while I was far from home, O my soul, O my soul

He met me far from home, O my soul