This Stranger (My Little Girl) Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
This Stranger (My Little Girl)
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
Written by Ruby VanNoy, Ann Burns, Barbara Fairchild
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Today for her it's
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only been
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thirteen years of
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livin'
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been a wonderful
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thirteen years of
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givin'
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She grows taller
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every day and
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farther from my
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world
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God help me reach this stranger my little
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girl
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understand
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replaced her nursery
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rhymes
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even guess
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what's running through her
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mind
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Her long straight hair
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has forgotten
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ribbons and soft
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curls
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God please protect this stranger my little
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girl
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Can she hear the worried sound
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in her mom's conversation
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Can she see the anguish in my
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look of desperation
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Can she feel my love for her
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pulling against her
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world
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love her so this stranger my little
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girl
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forgotten just
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how close we used to
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be
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troubled her
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she'd always run to
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me
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But mom can't solve her
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problems she
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keeps locked inside her
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world
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God help me reach this stranger my little
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girl
Repeat #3
FAQ
Who sang the the song This Stranger (My Little Girl)?
- The song This Stranger (My Little Girl) was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
