Motherless Child (III)

DESCRIPTION: "As I walk from door to door, And I have no where to go, And I hear my neighbors cry, That's a motherless child." "Everybody turn me down, Motherless child." "As I walk through the streets, Yes, my knee bones, they seem weak, For I am hungry...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore)
KEYWORDS: orphan mother hardtimes food rejection
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore, p. 253, "Motherless Child" (1 text)
Roud #18172
File: KiWa253

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