Reeves jim home lyrics

I well, I've been a traveler most of my life 

 Never took a home, never took a wife 

 Ran away young and decided to roam 

 Wanna see my mama and my papa back home 

  

 CHORUS:  

 Home, where the rivers run cold 

 The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold  

 Home, where the trees grow tall  

 The home fires burn, and the whippoorwills call 

  

 I remember stories that my daddy used to tell 

 My eyes would get big, and his chest would swell 

 I could sit for hours and listen with glee 

 As he'd tell of how he lived when he's a boy like me 

  

 REPEAT CHORUS 

  

 Well, mama dear, mama do you still love your boy 

 After all my roamin' can I still bring you joy 

 Mom sent a letter, got it not long ago 

 She said "come home, 'cause I'm missin' you so 

  

 REPEAT CHORUS 

  

 whippoorwills call