Mother mine, I cannot stay,Back and homeward let us go;Hunger only seems to grow,As we journey on the way.
Mother mine, I cannot stay,Back and homeward let us go;Hunger only seems to grow,As we journey on the way.
Mother mine, I cannot stay,
Back and homeward let us go;
Hunger only seems to grow,
As we journey on the way.
Mother.
Here, my son, the house must be,Whence we presently shall throwDown into the fiery glowAll the load that presses thee!
Here, my son, the house must be,Whence we presently shall throwDown into the fiery glowAll the load that presses thee!
Here, my son, the house must be,
Whence we presently shall throw
Down into the fiery glow
All the load that presses thee!
[Exeunt.
[Exeunt.