The motherless children Have a hard time when mother is dead The motherless children Have a hard time when mother's dead They don't have anywhere to go Walking around from door to door Motherless children have a hard time With mother dead Well father says that he can do After mother gone away Father says that he can do After mother gone away Father don't do so many things Those motherless children have a hard time After mother gone Motherless children Don't know where to go Mother told a child Someday I'll meet you Some day when we are dead Mother told a child I'll meet after we are dead She told a child Someday I'll meet you I can't desert you Motherless children have a hard time After mother has gone Motherless children Have a hard time when she's gone Motherless children Have a hard time when she's gone They don't have anywhere to go The wander form door to door Motherless children Have a hard time