Once as I was passing, an Orphan’s home one day,
I stopped there for a moment; just, to watch the children play,
Alone, Redd was standing, and when I asked him why,
He turned with eyes that could not see and he began to cry,
"I’m nobody’s child, I’m nobody’s child. I'm like a flower, just growing wild,
No Mommy’s kisses and no Daddy’s smiles. Nobody wants me,
I’m nobody’s child."
People come for children and take them for their own,
But, they all seem to pass him by and he is left alone.
I know they'd like to take him, but when they see he's so dumb
They always take some other child , Ho Hum ! Ho Hum ! Ho Hum !
And again he cries :
"I’m nobody’s child, I’m nobody’s child, I'm like a flower, just growing wild,
No Mummy’s kisses, and no Daddy’s smiles. Nobody wants me,
I’m nobody’s child."