Orphan Train
Utah Phillips
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D Once I had a darling mother, thoughA7 I can't recall her nameD I had a baby brother who I'll never see again For the Children's Home is sendingG us out on the Orphan TrainD A7 D To try to find someone to take us in [Chorus]D Take us in, we have rode the Orphan TrainA7 Take us in, we need a home, we needD a name, take us inG oh won't you be our kinD A7 We are looking for someone to takeD us in [Verse 2]D I have stolen from the poorbox,A7 I've begged the city streets I've swabbed the bars and poolroomsD for a little bite to eat In my daddy's old green jacket andG these rags upon my feetD A7 I've been looking for someone toD take me in [Chorus]D Take us in, we have rode the Orphan TrainA7 Take us in, we need a home, we needD a name, take us inContinues after the adG oh won't you be our kinD A7 We are looking for someone to takeD us in [Verse 3]D The Children's Home they gatheredA7 us, me and all the rest They taught us to sit quietly untilD all the food was blest Then they put us on the Orphan TrainG and sent us way out WestD A7 D To try to find someone to take us in [Chorus]D Take us in, we have rode the Orphan TrainA7 Take us in, we need a home, we needD a name, take us inG oh won't you be our kinD A7 We are looking for someone to takeD us in [Verse 4]D The farmers and their families theyA7 came from miles around We lined up on the platform of theD station in each town And one by one we parted like someG living lost-and-foundD A7 D And one by one we all were taken in [Chorus]D Take us in, we have rode the Orphan TrainA7 Take us in, we need a home, we needD a name, take us inG oh won't you be our kinD A7 We are looking for someone to takeD us in [Verse 5]D Now there's many a fine doctor or aA7 teacher in your school There's many a good preacher who canD preach the Golden Rule Who started out an orphan standingG in the freezing rainD A7 Whose life began out on the OrphanD Train. [Chorus]D Take us in, we have rode the Orphan TrainA7 Take us in, we need a home, we needD a name, take us inG oh won't you be our kinD A7 We are looking for someone to takeD us in