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Emmylou Harris      Orphan Girl   written by Gillian Welch

Daniel Lanois    mandolin/dulcimer
Malcolm Burn     tambourine
Larry Mullen Jr  hand drum
Tony Hall        stick drum
Darul Johnson    harmony vocal

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I am a orphan on God's highway
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But I'll share my troubles  if you go my way
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I have no mother no father no sister
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No brother    I am an orphan girl
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I have had friendships pure and golden
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But the ties of kinship I had not known them
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I know no mother no father no sister
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No brother    I am an orphan girl

SOLO

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But when he calls me I will be Able
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To meet my family at God's table
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I'll meet my mother  my father my sister
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My brother    no more an orphan girl
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Blessed savior make me willing
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And walk beside me until I'm with them
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Be my     mother my father my  sister
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My  brother    I am an orphan girl
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Be my     mother my father my  sister
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My  brother    I am an orphan girl
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I am an orphan girl

Asylum Records 1995
1994 Irving Music Inc (BMI)