Standard (EADGBE)

Oh, 'tis sad to be parted from those that we love

Strange faces we see every day

Each heart string of mine is broken in time

When I think of those dear ones at home.

Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home

God bless those I leave with a sigh

I'll cherish fond memories when I am far away

To roam over this wide world alone.

I stood on my doorstep each evening and morn

The wind whispered by with a moan

The fields may be whitening, but I will be gone

To roam over this wide world alone.

Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home

God bless those I leave with a sigh

I'll cherish fond memories when I am far away

To roam over this wide world alone.

I stood on my doorstep when school time was o'er

And I wish for the time to go by

Now it has passed, and I stand here tonight

To bid this old stepstone goodbye.

Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home

God bless those I leave with a sigh

I'll cherish fond memories when I am far away

To roam over this wide world alone.