Nobody's Darling- Flora Lassiter c. 1890s
[Words and music by famous songwriter Will S. Hays in 1870.
R. Matteson 2014]
NOBODY'S DARLING
Out in the cold world alone
Walking about, in the street
Asking a penny for bread;
Begging for something to eat.
Merciless winds chill my heart,
Sitting on poventy's knee
Here I'm nobody's darling
Nobody cares for me!
(Chorus )
Nobody's darling on earth
Heaven have mercy on me:
Here I'm nobody's darling
Nobody cares for me:
2. No one to kiss me goodnight,
No one to put me to bed;
Up in the attic alone;
Weeping for those that are dead !
Parentless, friendless, and poor;
Nothing but sorrow I see,
Here I'm nobody's darling,
Nobody cares for me!
3. Often at night when I kneel,
Lifting my sorrowful eyes ,
Asking dear mother to smile
Down on her child from the skies ;
Then all my grief I forget ,
Mother in Heaven I see,
There I'm somebody's darling,
Somebody cares for me!
(Chorus for last verse )
Nobody's darling on earth,
Heaven will merciful be;
There I'm somebody's darling
Somebody cares for me!
Mrs. McDowell remembers that, as a child she was moved to tears at hearing her mother sing this old song. Her husband also remembers it from his childhood.