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 townsfolk quickly gathered and the wild bush horses tossed
As they went to search the ranges for a little boy lost
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 a mother weeps in silence as she kneels beside the bed
Her tears fall on the pillow where he'd laid his little head
Her 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 to God above to show the way
When from a scrubby gully came the voice they've ne'er forgot
Where's my daddy, where's my daddy? cried the little boy lost
Where's my daddy, 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 campfire 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 her little boy lost
And a mother's prayers were answered for her little boy lost
