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 breast and they surely stood 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.