Two Little Orphans-Roy Acuff

[ti:Two Little Orphans] [ar:Roy Acuff] [al:Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Two Little Orphans - Roy Acuff [00:06.39]Two little children a boy and a girl [00:10.14] [00:11.08]Sat by an old Church door [00:14.09] [00:16.22]The little girls feet were as brown as the curls [00:21.16]That lay on the dress that she wore [00:24.67] [00:26.49]The little boys clothes were all tattered and torn [00:30.61] [00:31.74]A tear shown beneath his blue eyes [00:35.05] [00:36.86]Why dont you go home to your mother i said [00:41.30] [00:42.05]And this was the maidens reply [00:44.86] [00:47.67]Mamas in Heaven God took her away [00:51.67] [00:52.49]Left Jim and I all alone [00:55.36] [00:57.55]We came here to sleep at the close of the day [01:02.92]For we have no mother or home [01:06.43] [01:13.81]Papa was lost on the sea long ago [01:17.68] [01:18.43]We waited all night on the shore [01:21.92] [01:24.24]He was a life saving captian you know [01:28.06] [01:28.86]And he never came back any more [01:31.93] [01:34.74]Mama got sick Angels took her away [01:38.31] [01:39.18]To dwell in a mansion so bright [01:42.93] [01:44.43]She said they would come for her darlings some day [01:49.55]Perhaps they are coming tonight [01:52.56] [02:00.11]The sexton came early to ring the Church bell [02:04.68] [02:05.43]He found them beneath the snow white [02:09.05] [02:10.55]The Angels made room for two orphans to dwell [02:15.93]In Heaven with mama that night [02:19.18] [02:21.36]Mamas in Heaven God took her away [02:25.43] [02:26.05]Left Jim and I all alone [02:29.00] [02:31.36]We came here to sleep at the close of the day [02:35.78] [02:36.41]For we have no mother or home