To Miss Nina Smith,
Louisville, Ky.
"The Refugee" [1865]
A Beautiful Song and Chorus
by
Will S. Hays
[William Shakespeare Hays, 1837-1907]
Author of
"Canary Bird," "Will You Remember Me?" etc., etc.

Published by LOUIS TRIPP,
  Fourth St., Louisville, Ky.
[Source: IMSLP (Louisville)]

1. Farewell mother home and friends,
We may never meet again,
Soon ’mid strangers I must roam,
Oh! the parting gives me pain,
Tho’ I wander far away,
Lonely o’er life’s stormy sea;
Who will shed one gentle tear,
For a wand’ring refugee,
  Who will shed one gentle tear,
  For a wand’ring refugee.

CHORUS 1-2.
Mother, oh! farewell!
I must go, I’ll think of thee, Oh!
Mother, I must leave thee now,
I’m a wand’ring refugee.

2. Farewell sunny southern home,
Home I always lov’d so true
Oft’ will teardrops sim mine eyes,
When my mem’ry flies to you,
But the happy scenes of yore,
I alas will never see,
I’ll be roaming far away
A lonely wand’ring refugee.
  I’ll be roaming far away
  A lonely wand’ring refugee.