Orphan Train-single

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Listen here:

I ain’t got nobody
I’m in this world alone
I ain’t got no money
No place to call my home
My Ma & Pa, they up and died
To heaven they have flown
So I’m riding on these singing rails
They call, “The Orphan Train.”
Orphan Train    



Orphan Train
A hundred more just like me
Who long to hope again
We’re riding here together
Upon the 
Orphan Train    



Orphan Train
They found me in the city
Living on the street
They found me in the city
Nothing much to eat
They told me they would send me
To a family out West
So I’m riding on these singing rails
They call, “The Orphan Train.”
We’re going to Wisconsin
To Minnesota, too
To a place we’ve never heard of
To a face we never knew
I hope they’ll treat me kindly
And maybe, love me, too.
We’re all riding on these singing rails
They call, “The Orphan Train.”

Watch Steve, Erin and Amber play this tune from their houseconcert in Salina, KS at the E-Bar-Z Ranch:

S.E.A. OrphanTrain from S-E-A on Vimeo.

I also highly recommend this bestselling novel by Christina Baker Kline:

Orphan Train.

Here is an excerpt:

“The Milwaukee Train, 1929

I sleep badly the last night on the train. Carmine is up several times in the night, irritable and fidgety, and though I try to soothe him, he cries fitfully for a long time, disturbing the children around us.  As dawn emerges in streaks of yellow, he finally falls asleep, his head on Dutch’s curled leg and his feet in my lap.  I am wide-awake, so filled with nervous energy that I can feel the blood pumping through my heart.”