I Am a Little Orphan Girl

DESCRIPTION: "I am a little orphan girl, My mother she is dead, My father is a drunkard, And won't give me no bread." She looks out to hear the organ and bless her mother's memory. "Her coffin shall be black, Six white angels at her back."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: mother death drink father hardtimes orphan | coffin angel
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond),Scotland(Aber,Bord))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #204, "I am a little beggar-girl (orphan girl)" (1 text)
Roud #12943
File: AJRR204

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