intro () chorus ()mother It will fill her heart with()joy ()Saviour God has saved her wanderin'() boy The ()caused her How I wish I could re()pay But tell her I'll be waiting ()for her We'll meet in heaven some glad () chorus ()left her I know it filled her heart with ()pain She said, "Son, please don't leave()me For we may never meet() chorus ()mother It will fill her heart with()joy ()Saviour God has saved her wanderin'() boy ()parting But I know she waits and ()prays Soon I'll cross that dark ()river Please let her know that I was () ()mother It will fill her heart with ()joy ()Saviour God has saved her wanderin' ()boy