D                                    A7
Once I had a darling mother, though I can't recall her name
                               D
I had a baby brother who I'll never see again
                                           G
For the Children's Home is sending us out on the Orphan Train
    D            A7               D
To try to find someone to take us in

[Chorus]
        D
Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train
        A7                                           D
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name, take us in
    G
oh won't you be our kin
          D           A7              D
We are looking for someone to take us in

[Verse 2]
       D                             A7
I have stolen from the poorbox, I've begged the city streets
                                          D
I've swabbed the bars and poolrooms for a little bite to eat
                                         G
In my daddy's old green jacket and these rags upon my feet
          D               A7             D
I've been looking for someone to take me in

[Chorus]
        D
Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train
        A7                                           D
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name, take us in
    G
oh won't you be our kin
          D           A7              D
We are looking for someone to take us in

[Verse 3]
    D                                 A7
The Children's Home they gathered us, me and all the rest
                                     D
They taught us to sit quietly until all the food was blest
                                         G
Then they put us on the Orphan Train and sent us way out West
    D           A7                D
To try to find someone to take us in

[Chorus]
        D
Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train
        A7                                           D
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name, take us in
    G
oh won't you be our kin
          D           A7              D
We are looking for someone to take us in

[Verse 4]
    D                               A7
The farmers and their families they came from miles around
                                   D
We lined up on the platform of the station in each town
                                   G
And one by one we parted like some living lost-and-found
    D             A7             D
And one by one we all were taken in

[Chorus]
        D
Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train
        A7                                           D
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name, take us in
    G
oh won't you be our kin
          D           A7              D
We are looking for someone to take us in

[Verse 5]
            D                       A7
Now there's many a fine doctor or a teacher in your school
                                     D
There's many a good preacher who can preach the Golden Rule
                                   G
Who started out an orphan standing in the freezing rain
      D              A7            D
Whose life began out on the Orphan Train.

[Chorus]
        D
Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train
        A7                                           D
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name, take us in
    G
oh won't you be our kin
          D           A7              D
We are looking for someone to take us in