Left Alone - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
LEFT ALONE. Copyright, 1890, by C J. Whitney. Words and Music by C T. Lockwood. 
Oh, my child, my darling child, how much I love thee, Thou art all that's left thy mother's heart to cheer; And the long and dreary days, how sad they would be, Were thou gone and I to weep the silent tear. 
Chorus. Left alone, left alone, Thou art all that's left thy mother's heart to cheer; Oh, this world how cold And sad to meet it would be, Were you gone and I to weep the silent tear. 
Why, ah, why should fortune frown so sadly on me? Heavenly Father, hear a mother's earnest prayer; Spare my darling boy, oh, spare him I implore Thee, I'm alone to mourn and weep the silent tear.-Chorus. 
Silent voices, once so joyous, how we miss them, Here and there the severed link it may be found; Where's my father? where's my mother where's my loved one? They are sleeping sweetly, sleeping 'neath the ground.-Cho. 
Fold thine arms, thy little arms so close around me, Papa's child, how much he loved his little one; When that kiss, alas! that parting kiss he gave thee, And with weeping eyes he said: I'll soon come home.-Cho.