| When your mother went away
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| On the day that you were born
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| Little angel, life seemed all in vain
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| Then I heard your lonesome cry
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| Knew that hope just couldn’t die
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| She was my loss but you were my gain
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| Little angel with the dirty face
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| God called mother, sent you in her place
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| You brought heaven with your smile
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| And you made my life worthwhile
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| Little angel with the dirty face
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| --- Instrumental ---
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| Though you’re only two years old
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| You’re worth more to me than gold
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| You brought sunshine, turned my night to day
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| And from somewhere up above
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| Mother sends to you her love
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| Watches o’er you while you run and play
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| Little angel with the dirty face
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| God called mother, sent you in her place
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| You brought heaven with your smile
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| And you made my life worthwhile
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| Little angel with the dirty face… |