Poor Orphan Child is the gospel song "Saviour Lead Them Orphans" by H.W. Elliot and Emmett Dean in 1898.

POOR ORPHAN CHILD- Carter Family

    I hear a low faint voice that says
    My papa and mama's dead
    And it comes from the poor orphan child
    That must be clothed and fed
    And it comes from the poor orphan child
    That must be clothed and fed
    And it comes from the poor orphan child
    That must be clothed and fed

Savior, lead...................them by the hand
(Savior, lead them by the hand, yes, gently lead them by the hand)
Savior, lead...................them by the hand
(Savior, lead them by the hand, yes, gently lead them by the hand)
Savior, lead...................them by the hand
(Savior, lead them by the hand, yes, gently lead them by the hand)
Till they all reach that glittering strand
(Till they all reach that glittering strand)

    We see so many children now
    Poor little boys and girls
    Who want that mother's loving hand
    To smooth their golden curls
    Who want that mother's loving hand
    To smooth their golden curls
    Who want that mother's loving hand
    To smooth their golden curls

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    But now we see those wandering curls
    Hang careless 'round their brow
    They say to us, my papa's dead
    And I've no mother now
    They say to us, my papa's dead
    And I've no mother now
    They say to us, my papa's dead
    And I've no mother now

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    O Savior, every orphan bless
    Wherever they may roam
    Bless every hand that lends them aid
    And bless the orphan's home
    Bless every hand that lends them aid
    And bless the orphan's home
    Bless every hand that lends them aid
    And bless the orphan's home

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