“Orphan's Lament (Two Little Children, Left Jim and I Alone)”
Description
"Two little children, a boy and a girl, Sat by the old church door." The ragged, dirty children tell of their poverty: "Papa was lost out on sea long ago... Mama's in heaven, angels took her away." They are too young to work. They die before morning
Cross references
- cf. "Row Us Over the Tide" (subject)
- cf. "I Saw the Pale Moon Shining on Mother's White Tombstone" (subject)
Recordings
- Betty Garland, "Two Little Orphans (or Left Jim and I Alone)" (on BGarland01)
- Ernest V. Stoneman and the Dixie Mountaineers, "Two Little Orphans -- Our Mama's In Heaven" (Edison 51935, 1927) (CYL: Edison [BA] 5338, 1927); "Two Little Orphans" (OKeh, unissued, 1927); Ernest V. Stoneman and His Blue Ridge Cornshuckers, "The Two Little Orphans" (Victor 21648)
- Arthur Tanner, "Two Little Children" (Columbia 15180-D, 1927)
References
- BrownII 150, "Two Little Children" (1 text plus mention of 3 more)
- Cambiaire, p. 32, "Two Little Children" (1 text)
- MHenry-Appalachians, pp. 126-127, "Two Little Orphans" (1 text)
- DT, ORPHNLAM
- Roud #458
- BI, BrII150