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Artist: Rev. Gary Davis
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Motherless Children
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Motherless Children
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Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone
Wanderin' 'round from door to door
They don't have no place to go
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone.
Some people say, "Sister will do when your mother is gone."
Some people say "Your sister will do"
Soon as she marries, turn her back on you.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone.
Your wife or your husband may be good to you when your mother is gone.
Wife or your husband may be good to you,
Nobody treat you like your mother do.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone.
Some people say, "Your auntie will do when your mother is gone."
Some people say "Your auntie will do"
Make a start, and then prove untrue.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone.
Jesus will be a Father to you when your mother is gone.
Jesus will be a Father to you
In pain and sorrow He will lead you through.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is gone.
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Rev. Gary Davis performs "Motherless Children", and this lyric page sits inside the Rev. Gary Davis catalog on LyroVerse.
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