Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen And my dad was passin' through doing things a man will do Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all And I have a life toclaim though Ireally don't know myname It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all Well I had a good mother and dad just the same Well I had a good mother and dad just the same And they took me to their rest and they surely stood the test Yes, I had a good mother and dad just the same Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Just a other baby born to a girl lost and lorn Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind And on thecrowded street I see a strangersface that looks like me Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name But I'll see it by and by cause it's written up in the sky Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name. Tag: Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name