Dry Branch Fire Squad - Orphan Train lyrics

Once I had a darling mother though I can't recall her name I had a baby brother who I'll never see again For the Children's Home is sending us out on the Orphan Train To try to find someone to take us in Cho: Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train Take us in, we need a home, we need a name Take us in, oh won't you be our kin? We are looking for someone to take us in I have stolen from the poorbox, I have begged the city streets I've swabbed the bars and poolrooms for a little bite to eat In my daddy's old green jacket and these rags upon my feet I've looking for someone to take me in The Children's Home, they gathered us, me and all the rest They us to sit quietly until the food was blessed Then they put us on the Orphan Train and sent us way out West To try to find someone to take us in The farmers and the families, they came from miles around We lined up on the platform of the station in each town And one by one we parted, like some living lost-and-found And one by one, we all were taken in Now there's many a fine doctor or a teacher in your school There's many a good preacher who can teach the golden rule Who started out an orphan sleeping in the freezing rain Whose life began out on the Orphan Train.