Rider On An Orphan Train

C G Once I rode an orphan train G7 C And my brother did the same F They split us up in Missouri C G C James was five and I was three G He got taken by some pair F C But for me they did not care F We were brave and did not cry C G C When they made us say goodbye F That was the last I saw of him C G Before some family took me in C F But I swore I'd run away C G C And find my brother James someday G I went back when I was grown F C To find our old Children's Home F And I asked for to see my file C G C Of when I was an orphan child G It's sad, they say, there's been a flood F C File washed away in Missouri mud F Sometimes life is a stone wall C G C You either climb, or else you fall F In every town, on every street C G All the faces that I meet C F And I wonder, could this one be C G C My brother James come back to me G Though I don't know where he's gone G7 C I have searched my whole life long F Now I roam from town to town C G C But there's no orphan lost-and-found F Sometimes I dream a pleasant sight C G My brother James and I unite C F Remembering our last goodbye C G C No longer brave, we start to cry F I hope he lives a life of ease C G And all his days a soft, warm breeze C F May he sit upon a throne C G C And may he never sleep alone G Once I rode an orphan train G7 C And my brother did the same F They split us up in Missouri C G C James was five and I was three