A Distant Land To Roam

Ralph Stanley

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of G · Chords: I IV

Verse 1

C
I remember very well
On one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home
      G7              C
For a distant land to roam

Verse 2

Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
                            G7
I hope to see you next year again
          C
Fare thee well (fare thee well)
Fare thee well (fare thee well)
So I left my dear old home
      G7              C
For a distant land to roam

Verse 3

Now I wandered far away
From my home I’ve gone astray
Now I’m coming coming home
      G7                C
Never more from thee to roam

Verse 2

Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
                            G7
I hope to see you next year again
          C
Fare thee well (fare thee well)
Fare thee well (fare thee well)
So I left my dear old home
      G7              C
For a distant land to roam

Verse 4

And these words she said to me
As she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more
       G7                  C
May we meet at God’s right hand

Verse 2

Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
                            G7
I hope to see you next year again
          C
Fare thee well (fare thee well)
Fare thee well (fare thee well)
So I left my dear old home
      G7              C
For a distant land to roam