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Orphan Train (SOARING)

(Steve Eulberg with Russ Hopkins)
July 10, 2001
©1999 Steven B. Eulberg
I ain't got nobody
I'm in this world alone
& I ain't got no money
No place to call my home
My Ma & Pa, they up and died
To heaven they have flown
So I'm riding on these singing rails
They call, "The Orphan Train."

Orphan Train, Orphan Train
A hundred more just like me
Who long to hope again
We're riding here together
Upon the Orphan Train
Orphan Train

They found me in the city
Living on the street
They found me in the city
Nothing much to eat
They told me they would send me
To a family out West
So I'm riding on these singing rails
They call, "The Orphan Train."

We're going to Wisconsin
To Minnesota, too
To a place we've never heard of
to a face we never knew
I hope they'll treat me kindly
And maybe, love me, too.
We're all riding on these singing raisl
They call, "The Orphan Train."