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Motherless Children

by Sandy Denny

on Sandy Denny (1972), Early Home Recordings (2022), The Notes And The Words: A Collection Of Demos And Rarities (2012)

Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Father will do the best he can, he don't always understand
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone

Mother told me I must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must obey when mother's gone


Mother told me I must obey that religion have it's way
Mother told me I must obey when mother's gone

Mother told me I must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me I must prey get my feet in jesus's way
Mother told me I must prey when mother's gone