“Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?”
Description
Singer (presumably the mother, although it's not stated) weeps for her wandering boy, saying he was once "my joy and light". She begs the listener to find her boy and "tell him I love him still"
Notes
This should not be confused with "The Wandering Boy," a different song from the looks of it. - PJS
They are indeed different, though the concept is similar. - RBW
Same tune
- Where Is My Wandering Boy (IWW) (Greenway-AFP, p. 176)
Cross references
- cf. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (quotes this song)
Recordings
- Henry Burr, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" (Little Wonder 226, 1915) (Resona 75016, 1919) (Standard 199, n.d.)
- Vernon Dalhart, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight" (Columbia 15072-D, 1926; Harmony 767-H, 1928)
- Edison Mixed Quartet, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" (CYL: Edison Blue Amberol 2125, n.d.)
- Giddens Sisters, "Where Is My Wandering Boy?" (OKeh 45143, 1927)
- Hall & Ryan, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight" (Globe 4066, c. 1924)
- Sid Harkreader, "Where Is My Boy Tonight" (Vocalion 15075, 1925)
- Harry Macdonough, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight" (CYL: Edison 1559, c. 1898)
- J. W. Myers, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" (CYL: Columbia 31357, c. 1900) (Berliner 0918, rec. 1896)
- Peerless Quartet, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight" (Paramount 33010, 1919)
- Riley Puckett, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight" (Columbia 15004-D, rec. 1924)
- Unidentified baritone "Where Is My Wandering Boy To-Night" (Busy Bee 1120, c. 1906)
References
- Silber-FSWB, p. 270, "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" (1 text)
- BI, FSWB270