I wandered a-gain -
To my home in the mountains
Where in youths' early dawn -
I was happy and free
I looked for my friends -
But I never could find them
I found they were all -
Rank strangers to me.
CHORUS
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (no mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me).
"They've all moved away" - said the voice of a stranger