[Verse 1] I was born beneath a weeping sky a long way from where the still waters lie my mother held me one bitter morn said this old world is a field of thorn [Chorus] I'm a child of weary wandering (weary wandering) I have known the cold of every town Lord I've carried trouble like a heavy stone and I'll set it down when they call me home [Verse 2] My daddy's gone where the wild geese fly left me to wander till the day I die no coat for the winter, no boots for the rain just a long lonesome road and a heart full of pain [Chorus] I'm a child of weary wandering (weary wandering) I have known the cold of every town Lord I've carried trouble like a heavy stone and I'll set it down when they call me home [Fiddle Break] [Verse 3] So dig me a grave on the high hillside where the cold creek runs and the pines grow wide I've seen all the trouble a man can see till the day that my SAVIOR comes for me [Final Chorus] I'm a child of weary wandering (weary wandering) I have known the cold of every town Lord I've carried trouble like a heavy stone and I'll set it down when they call me home [Outro] and I'll set it down when they call me home
