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Orphan Girl

from Let It Fall by The New Abolitionists

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no home, no home, cried the orphan girl
as she stood on the prince's hall,
trembling she stood on the marble steps,
and leaned on the polished wall

a father's love I never knew,
and the tears dropped from her eyes,
my mother sleeps in a new-made grave,
tis an orphan that begs tonight

the night was dark and the snow fell fast,
as the rich man closed his door,
his proud lips curled as he scornfully said,
no home, no bread for the poor

the hours rolled on,
and the midnight storm rolled on like a funeral knell,
the earth seemed wrapped in a winding sheet,
and the chilly snow still fell

the rich man slept on his velvet couch,
and dreamed of his silver and gold,
while the orphan slept on a bed of snow,
and she cried so cold, so cold

when the morning dawned,
the little girl still lay at the rich man's door,
her soul had fled to its home above,
where there's room and bread for the poor

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from Let It Fall, released September 13, 2020

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