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

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 It's a wonder that I'm in this  world at  all
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It's a wonder that I'm in this world at  all
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And I  have a life toclaim though Ireally don't know myname
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It's a wonder that I'm in this  world at  all

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

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 Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name
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Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my  name
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Just a  other baby  born to a  girl lost and  lorn
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Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name

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 Now and then there's a lonesome thought  in my  mind
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Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my  mind
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And on thecrowded street I see a strangersface that looks like me
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Now and then there's a lonesome thought  in my  mind

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Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name
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Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my  name
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But I'll  see it by and by  cause it's  written up in the  sky
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Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name.

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Ain't one  soul in the whole world knows my  name