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The night was dark and stormy, the wind was howling wild,
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as an aged mother gazed upon the portrait of her child.
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As she gazed on the baby's features that once filled her heart with joy,
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he's now in this wild world roaming, that mother's long lost boy.
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Your mother still prays for you, Jack, your mother still prays for you,
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in a home far over the ocean, your mother still prays for you.
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At last there came a letter, it was deeply edged in black,
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from a comrade long forgotten, who still remembered Jack.
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They have lain your dear old mother in a grave so dark and cold,
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and she wants her boy who is roaming
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to meet her on the streets of gold.
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Your mother still prays for you, Jack, your mother still prays for you,
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in a home far over the ocean, your mother still prays for you.
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His stony heart was broken, as he thought of his mother dear,
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and in spite of his comrades laughing, he could not keep back his tears.
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In spite of the great tempolations that once filled his heart with tears,
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so he started for Heaven that evening, as sweetly the people did sing.
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Your mother still prays for you, Jack, your mother still prays for you,
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in a home far over the ocean, your mother still prays for you.