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.