Lyrics

Orphan Train
Mark Elliott



They call me little angel I?m a Brooklyn baby girl
It?s nineteen twenty-five and I?m brand new to the world
I haven?t a mother or father to love
But the nuns of St. Catherine?s, they gentle picked me up

When I get a little older they say I will depart
From Grand Central Station, with my faith in the farms
I?m polish; I?m Irish ? Italian mystery
But when I step down on that platform, American I?ll be

I?m gonna ride that orphan train
From New York City across the plains
Find a loving family and a brand new name
At the end of the line on the orphan train

Now most of us will find a good and gracious home
Grow old and prosper with children of our own
While others will struggle with hard work and pain
And with the harvest over, we?re shipped back east again

I?m gonna ride that orphan train
From New York City across the plains
Find a loving family and a brand new name
At the end of the line on the orphan train

Conductor, conductor may I have a ticket please
No I don?t know where I?m going but I know who I want to see
She?s smart and she?s pretty - he?s a tall and handsome man
And in my dreams they want me, my real mom and dad

I?m gonna ride that orphan train
From New York City across the plains
Find a loving family and a brand new name
At the end of the line on the orphan train

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