In the wild and distant ranges
Came the word one fateful day
To every town and village
That a boy had lost his way
All the town folk quickly gathered
And the saddle horses tossed
As they went to search the ranges
They went out to search the
ranges for a little boy lost.
They searched the rugged mountains
rising high above the plain,
And no one doubts his courage as
he's hardy and he's game.
But there's danger in this country
that man has seldom crossed,
And they wonder if they'll find
alive this little boy lost
And they wonder if they'll find
alive this little boy lost
Came the night, came the morning
Another night, another dawning
And the mother weeps in silence
as she kneels beside the bed
Had tears fall on the pillow where
he'd laid his little head.
Had tears fall on the pillow where
he'd laid his little head.
The blazing sun beat down upon
the earth that final day,
With heavy hearts they prayed,
they got above this shoulder way.
When from a hidden valley came the
where's my daddy? cried the little boy lost.
where's my daddy? cried the little boy lost.
In the far and distant ranges,
there's a boy that's known so well
And at night around the campfires,
there's a story people tell
How he fought a rugged country
where man has seldom crossed
And a mother's prayers were
answered for a little boy lost
And her mother's prayers were
answered for her little boy love.
