Rank Stranger

Albert E. Brumley

[Verse 1]
I wandered again to my home in the mountain
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank strangers to me

[Chorus]
Everybody I met (Everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger (Seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (No mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (Not a friend could I see)
They knew not my name (They knew not my name)
And I knew not their faces (And I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (Rank strangers to me)

[Verse 2]
"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger
"To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea"
Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me

[Chorus]
Everybody I met (Everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger (Seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (No mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (Not a friend could I see)
They knew not my name (They knew not my name)
And I knew not their faces (And I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (Rank strangers to me)

Trivia about the song Rank Stranger by The Stanley Brothers

On which albums was the song “Rank Stranger” released by The Stanley Brothers?
The Stanley Brothers released the song on the albums “The Mountain Music Sound Of The Stanley Brothers” in 1962 and “Collectors Box Set: The Early Years 1958-61 - CD 4” in 1993.
Who composed the song “Rank Stranger” by The Stanley Brothers?
The song “Rank Stranger” by The Stanley Brothers was composed by Albert E. Brumley.

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