Welcome! Wanderer, Welcome!

In the land of strang­ers

Whither thou art gone

Hear a far voice call­ing

My son! my son!

Welcome

wan­d’rer

wel­come!

Welcome back to home!

Thou hast wan­dered far away:

Come home! come home!

From the land of hun­ger

Fainting

fam­ished lone

Come to love and glad­ness

My son! my son!

Leave the haunts of ri­ot

Wasted

woe­beg­one

Sick at heart and wea­ry

My son! my son!

See the door still op­en!

Thou art still my own;

Eyes of love are on thee

My son! my son!

Far off thou hast wan­dered

Wilt thou far­ther roam?

Come

and all is par­doned

My son! my son!

See the well-spread ta­ble

Unforgotten one!

Here is rest and plen­ty

My son! my son!

Thou art friend­less

home­less

Hopeless

and un­done;

Mine is love un­chang­ing

My son! my son!