Nobody's child

Nobody's Child - Lonnie Donegan

As I was slowly passing

An orphan's home one day

I stopped for a just a little while

To watch the children play

Alone a boy was standing

When I asked him why

He turned with eyes

That could not see 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 mommy's kisses

I got no daddy's smile

Oh nobody wants me I'm nobody's child

No mommy's arms to hold me

Or soothe me when I cry

Sometimes it gets so lonely here

I wish that I could die

I'd walk the streets so heaven

Where all the blind can see

And just like all the other kids

There'd be a home for me

People come for children

And take them for their own

I know they'd like to take me

But I am left here all alone

They say they like my eyes

Poor girl

He like my that book

Pretty all he takes some mother child

And I am left here with you

I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child

His like a flower I'm growing wild

I got no mommy's kisses I got no daddy's smile

Love nobody wants me I'm nobody's child