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

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 a flower I'm growing wild

I got no mommy's kisses

I got no daddy's smile

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 of 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

And I am left here all alone

They say they like my eyes

Oh-so-pretty

He like my big curls of gold

But all he takes some other child

And I am left here with you

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

Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child