"A Drunkard's Child" - Ernest TubbTrack 8 Of 8 On The Album "Jimmie Rodgers Songs" (1951)IntroVerse 1My Father Is A Drunkard, My Mother, She Is DeadAnd I Am Just An Orphan Child, No Place To Lay My HeadAll Through This World I Wander, They Drive Me From Their DoorSomeday, I'll Find A Welcome On Heaven's Golden ShoreVerse 2Now, If To Me You'll Listen, I'll Tell A Story SadHow Drinking Rum And The Gambling Hell Have Stole Away My DadMy Mother Is In Heaven Where God And The Angels SmileAnd Now I Know She's Watching Her Lonely Orphan ChildInterludeVerse 3We All Were Once So Happy And Had A Happy Home'Til Dad, He Went To Drinking Rum And Then He Gambled SomeHe Left My Darling Mother, She Died Of A Broken HeartAnd As I Tell My Story, I See Your Teardrops StartVerse 4Don't Weep For Me And Mother, Although I Know It Is SadBut Try To Get Someone To Cheer And Save My Poor Lonely DadI'm Awful Cold And Hungry, She Closed Her Eyes And SighedThen, Those Who Heard Her Story Knew The Orphan Child Had Died
