It's A Long, Long Road To Travel Alone lyrics

I always thought I'd like to roam One day I started alone Out in this old wide wicked world Away from friends and home It's a long long road to travel alone And when the day is gone No place to pillow my head at night Only on the cold cold stone I've rambled around from town to town Now it's time that I settled down I've had my fill of rambling around And now I am homeward bound One day a letter came to me And this is what it read Come home my boy to the old homestead Your father and mother are dead It's been a long road to travel alone I wish I had never roamed I thought I'd soon see my mother and dad But now I am left alone