Two Little Orphans chords by Gina Joyce

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Two little orphans,
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a boy and a girl,
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sat by an old church door.
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The little girl's feet were as brown
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as the curls that fell on the
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dress that she wore.
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The boy's coat was faded
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and hatless his head,
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a tear shone in each little eye.
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Why don't you go home
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to your mama, I said,
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and this was the maiden's reply.
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Mama's in heaven,
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they took her away
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and left Jim and I all alone.
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We came here to stay
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till the close of the day,
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for we had no mama, no home.
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We can't earn our bread,
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we're too little, she said.
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Jim's five years and I'm
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only seven.
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There's no one to love us,
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and Papa is dead,
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and our darling Mama's
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in heaven.
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Papa was lost out at sea long ago,
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we waited all night on the shore.
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For he  was a life -saving captain,
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but he never came back anymore.
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Then Mama got sick,
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angels took her away,
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and sen t to a home fair and bright.
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She said she would come for
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her darling someday.
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Perhaps she is coming tonight
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Maybe  tonight there's no room there,
she said
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Too little was to be
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And pla cing her arm
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under little Jim's head
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She kissed him and both went to sleep
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The sexton came early
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to ring the church bell
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He found them all covered snow white.
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The angels made room for
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two children to dwell
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In heaven with Mommy that night.
The angels made room for
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two children to dwell
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In heaven with Mommy that night.
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