Lonnie Donegan - Forever and a Day, Vol. 39

Nobody's Child

As I was slowly passing
An orphan's home one day
I stopped for just a little while
To watch the children play
Alone a boy was standing
And when I asked him why
He turned with eyes that could not see
And he began to cry

I'm nobody's child
I'm nobody's child
Just like a flower
I'm growing wild
I got no mammy's kisses
I got no daddy's smile
Oh nobody wants me
I'm nobody's child

No mammy's arms to hold me
Or sooth me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonesome, yeah
I wish that I could die
I'll walk the streets of heaven
Where all the blind can see
And just like all the other kids
It'd be a home for me

People come for children
And take them for their own
I know you'll like to me
But I'm left here alone
They say they like my curls of gold
They like my eyes of blue
But they always take some other child
An' I'm left here with you

I'm nobody's child
I'm nobody's child
Just like a flower
I'm growing wild
I got no mammy's kisses
I got no daddy's smile
Lord, nobody wants me
I'm nobody's child



Credits
Writer(s): Cy Coben, Mel Foree
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  2. How Long, How Long Blues
  3. Nobody's Child
  4. I Shall Not Be Moved
  5. I'm Alabammy Bound
  6. I'm a Ramblin' Man
  7. Wreck of the Old -97-
  8. Frankie and Johnny
  9. Lonesome Traveller
  10. The Sunshine of His Life

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