Motherless children
have a hard time
when the mother is dead
Motherless children have a hard time when
the mother is dead
They're out there in the cold
They got no place to go
Motherless children have a hard time when
the mother is dead
Orphaned children have a
hard time in this
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Sister does the best she can
But she really don't understand
Orphan children have a
hard time in this world
Oh
Brother won't treat you like mother
will when the mother is dead
Brother won't treat you like mother
will when the mother is dead
You may ask for a piece of bread, he says,
little baby, you can go to bed
Your brother won't treat you like mother
will when the mother is dead, no, no
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Orphan children have a
hard time in this world
Sister does the best she can,
but she really don't understand
There have been children of a hard time
in this world
Friends won't treat you like mother will
When the mother is dead
Friends won't treat you like mother will
When the mother is dead
They'll tell you what to do
And then they'll just turn
their back on you
Friends won't treat you like mother would
when the mother is dead, no, no
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Sister does the best she can,
but she really don't understand
Open the children of a hard time in
this world
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