Lonnie Donegan - 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 the flowers

I'm growing wild.

I got no mummy's kisses

I got no daddy's smile.

Nobody wants me,

I'm nobody's child.


No mummy's arms to hold me

Or sue me when I cry,

'Cause sometimes I feel so lonesome

I wish that I could die.

I'll walk the streets of heaven

Where all blinds can see.


And just like for the other kids

It will be a home for me.


I'm nobody's child,

I'm nobody's child.

Just like the flowers

I'm growing wild.

I got no mummy's kisses

I got no daddy's smile.

Nobody wants me,

I'm 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 the flowers

I'm growing wild.

I got no mummy's kisses

I got no daddy's smile.

Nobody wants me,

I'm nobody's child.


No mummy's arms to hold me

Or sue me when I cry,

'Cause sometimes I feel so lonesome

I wish that I could die.

I'll walk the streets of heaven

Where all blinds can see.


And just like for the other kids

It will be a home for me.


I'm nobody's child,

I'm nobody's child.

Just like the flowers

I'm growing wild.

I got no mummy's kisses

I got no daddy's smile.

Nobody wants me,

I'm nobody's child.

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