From: Mark and Allison Albert 
Performer: Gillian Welch
Album: Revival (ALMO, AMSD-80006)

This song has been done by Tim and Mollie O'Brien
on "Away Out On The Mountain" (Sugar Hill Sh-Cd 3825)
and it has been done by Emmylou Harris on
"Wrecking Ball" (Elektra).
This is transcribed from Gillian Welch's "Revial".
Mark Albert
 
Orphan Girl

CAPO 1


VERSE 1
G                        D
I am an orphan, on God's highway
                  G                   C
But I'll share my troubles, if you go my way
          G          D          G          C
I have no mother, no father, no sister, no brother
G        D      G
I am an orphan girl


VERSE 2
I have had friendships, pure and golden
But the ties of kinship, I have not know them
I know no mother, no father, no sister, no brother
I am an orphan girl


VERSE 3
But when he calls me, I will be able
To meet my family, at God's table
I'll meet my mother, my father, my sister, my brother
No more an orphan girl


VERSE 4
Blessed Savior, make me willing
And walk beside me, until I'm with them
Be my mother, my father, my sister, my brother
I am an orphan girl

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