Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home

Why, I can't believe it's been this long
Since I've seen mom and dad
When I left my mountain home behind
I left them both so sad
My brothers and my sisters that were babies then are grown
Years have past and now, at last, I'm on my way back home

Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home
To the factory smoke and city life, I'm saying "so long"
I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone
And I've spent a lot of time a-wishing I could go back home

I got a letter from Mama
And Mama asked me if I'd come back home
She says it sure is lonesome now
Since all of us kids are all growed up and gone
I just can't hardly stand the thoughts of
Momma and Daddy being left there all alone
That's really all I need to know
And now I'm on the road back home

Back home, back home
Yes I'm going back home
To the factory smoke and city life, I'm saying so long
I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone
And I've spent a lot of time a-wishing I could go back home

Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home