If I Should Wander Back Tonight

by Lester Flatt

Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was a bluegrass musician and guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his membership in the Bluegrass duo The Foggy Mountain Boys, also known as "Flatt and Scruggs," with banjo picker Earl Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decade…



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Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
Would your eyes be filled with love’s own tender light Would your arms be empty, dear would you thrill to find me near
Would you love me if I’d wander back tonight

For many years I’ve been a rolling stone, my darling
Like a gypsy I have roamed from place to place
Fortune never came to me
But how happy I would be
Just to look again upon your smiling face

When budding flowers lend their fragrance in the springtime
I recall the roses twining round your door
Fancy then I homeward stay and I seem to hear you say
That you love me as you did in days of yore

Last night I dreamed that you and I were back together
I held your hand so gently in my own
Heard you say we’d never part as I pressed you to my heart
Then I woke in tears to find myself alone

Written by: Lester Flatt

Submitted by: OldTimeHillbilly on February 18, 2022

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