Poor Little Orphaned Boy
Key of G
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My mother died when I was young My sisters they were sad They lay there hands upon my head And ought me how to pray
Chorus
So now my mother she’s gone to rest In the land of purist joy And I wonder if she thinks of me Her poor little orphan boy
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When I was only two years old I never shall forget A parting kiss she gave to me I sometimes feel it yet
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When I was sick and every hour She watched me as I lay And with her kind and gentle hand She soothed me tenderly
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So now I press this world alone Her love with me shall stay And from the throne above the skies Her smiles shall rest on me