Or you may plead for forgiveness yourself in vain some day.
You may have an only child who in life is growing wild,
By companions from the straight path led astray,
He may cause you dark disgrace, till you learn to hate his face,
And with anger turn him from his home away,
’Neath a parent’s bitter frown he may sink still deeper down,
Ah, but lift him up and give him one more chance,
Take him to your heart again and forget the bitter pain,
Take him back and he will plead with tearful glance.—Chorus.
You may have a faithful wife, who is dearer far than life,