No One Knows My Name Lyrics

Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
And my dad was passin� through doing things a man will do
Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen

It�s a wonder that I�m in this world at all
It�s a wonder that I�m in this world at all
And I have a life to claim though I really don�t know my name
It�s a wonder that I�m in this world at all

Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name
Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name
But it�s written up in the sky and I�ll see it by and by
Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Well I had a good mother and dad just the same
Well I had a good mother and dad just the same
And they took me to their rest and they surely stayed the test
Well I had a good mother and dad just the same

Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name
Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name
Just another baby born to a girl lost and lorn
Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Now and then there�s a lonesome thought in my mind
Now and then there�s a lonesome thought in my mind
And on the crowded street I see a strangers face that looks like me
Now and then there�s a lonesome thought in my mind

Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name
Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name
But I�ll see it by and by cause it�s written up in the sky
Ain�t one soul in the whole world knows my name

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