Oh my mother was just a girl of seventeen
Oh my mother was just a girl of seventeen
And my dad was passing through
Doing things a man will do
When my mother was just a girl of seventeen
It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all
It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all
And I have a life to claim
Though I really don't know my name
It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
But it's written up in the sky
And I'll see it by and by
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
Well I had a good mother and dad just the same
Well I had a good mother and dad just the same
And they took me to their breast
And they surely stood the test
Well I had a good mother and dad just the same
But there ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
Just another baby born
To a girl lost and lorn
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind
Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind
On the crowded street I see
A stranger's face that looks like me
Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind
That there ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name
But I'll see it by and by
Cause it's written up in the sky
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name