Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Sandy Denny
Canonical path: /sandy-denny/motherless-children
Related lyric paths: 6
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Motherless Children
Read Motherless Children lyrics by Sandy Denny on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Motherless Children
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Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Father will do the best he can, he don't always understand
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Mother told me I must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must obey that religion have it's way
Mother told me I must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must prey get my feet in jesus's way
Mother told me I must prey when mother's gone
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Sandy Denny performs "Motherless Children", and this lyric page sits inside the Sandy Denny catalog on LyroVerse.
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