I stood on the stepstone when schooldays was o'er   Long for the time to go by   Now that it's gone, I stand here tonight   Bid this old stepstone goodbye      Goodbye to my stepstone, goodbye to my home   God bless the ones that I leave with a cry   The field will be widening and I will be gone   To ramble this wide world alone      I stand on my stepsyone at eventide now   The wind whistles by with a moan   Now it is gone and I stand here tonight   Goodbye to my stepstone and home      Goodbye to my stepstone, goodbye to my home   God bless the ones that I leave with a cry   The field will be widening and I will be gone   To ramble this wide world alone      It's hard to be parted from those that we love   When reverses in fortune have come   The world's strongest heartstrings are broken in twain   From the absence of loved ones and home      Goodbye to my stepstone, goodbye to my home   God bless the ones that I leave with a cry   The field will be widening and I will be gone   To ramble this wide world alone