I'm Nobody's Child Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
I'm Nobody's Child
Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Mel Foree and Cy Coben
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I was slowly passing an
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orphan's home one day
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stopped there for a moment
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just to watch the children
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play
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lonely boy was standing and
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when I asked him why
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turned with eyes that could not see and
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he began to
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cry
I'm nobody's child I'
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nobody'
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child
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I'm like a flower just growin
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No mommy's kisses n
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daddy'
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smile
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Nobody wants me I'm nobody's
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child
People come for children and
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take them for their own
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they all seem to pass me by
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and leave me all
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alone
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know they'd like to take me but
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when they see I'm blind
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always take some other child and I
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am left
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behind
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r sooth me when I cry
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times it gets so lonely here
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I wish that I could
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die
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d walk the streets of heave
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n where all the blind can see
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just like all the other kids there'
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d be a home f
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me
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I just can't seem to figure out
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Why the folks all pass me by
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Cause I know that it's true that God takes
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Little blind children with Him in the
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sky
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they tell me I'm so pretty
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they seem to like my big curls of gold
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then they take some other little child
And I'
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m left here a
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alone
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I'm Nobody's Child?
- The song I'm Nobody's Child was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
