On a sunday morning

In a town near Montreal

A baby in a basket

Cried outside the common wall

He had the eyes of the widow Johnson

And the station master's chin

And Sister St.-Theresa heard him crying

And she took my baby in



When the shame inside me died

Being the mother in me cried

And I go by the playground where I thought he'd be

I'd smile at every little boy, so I could see

One of them was smiling back at me



Danny come home, your mama's heart is broken

Danny come home, you've been away so long

Don't you know your mama keeps on hoping

That someday you'll come out where you belong

Danny come home



On a rainy morning

In a town near Montreal

A lonely boy of seven

Climbed outside the common wall

The station master helped him

Sneak aboard the ten-o-four and he was gone

And none's ever heard a word

Or even seen the boy from that day on



And I still cried myself to sleep

About the child I couldn't keep

And I always pray that life is good to him

It's a story that will never have an end

Because what we gave away is never ours again



Danny come home, your mama's heart is broken

Danny come home, you've been away so long

Don't you know your mama keeps on hoping

That someday you'll come out where you belong

Danny come home

Danny come home, your mama's heart is broken

Danny come home, you've been away so long

Don't you know your mama keeps on hoping...