What Wondrous Love Is This

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