Kelly Joe Phelps - Motherless Children lyrics

Motherless Children (traditional) Now motherless children Have a hard time with mother dead Motherless children Have a hard time when mother is dead They don't have anywhere to go Walking around from door to door Motherless children have a hard time Oh 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 The father don't know Just so many things that he doesn't know That 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 After we are dead Mother told a child Some day I'm gonna meet after we are dead She told a child Someday I'll meet you Lord, oh Lord I can't desert you Motherless children have a hard time After mother is 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 They wander from door to door Motherless children Motherless children Motherless children Have a hard time…