Two Little Orphans
Heaven's Embrace: Orphaned Love Beyond Earthly Bounds
Lyrics
Two little children, a boy and a girl
Two young children, a boy, and a girl
Sat by an old church door
Sat near the entrance of an old church
The little girl's feet
The little girl's feet description
Were as brown as the curl
Her feet were as brown as the curl on her dress
That fell on the dress that she wore
Describing the appearance of the girl's dress
The little boy's clothes were all tattered and torn
The boy's clothes were worn and ragged
They shone beneath his blue eyes
The clothes gleamed beneath his blue eyes
"Why don't you go home
Speaker suggests going home to their mommy
To your mommy," I said
The maiden responds with her situation
And this was the maiden's reply
Quoting the maiden's reply
"Mommy's in heaven
Explaining that their mother is in heaven
Angels took her away
Angels took the mother away
Left Tim and I all alone
Mentioning that Tim and the maiden are now alone
We've no one to love us
Expressing the absence of love and the father's death
And daddy is dead
Reiterating the mother's absence
And our darling mother is gone"
Repeating the idea of the mother being gone
Mommy got sick
Elaborating on the mother's sickness
Angels took her away
Reiterating that angels took the mother away
To dwell in those mansions so bright
Describing the heavenly dwelling for the mother
She said she would come
Mother promised to return for her children
For her children some day
Suggesting the mother's imminent return
And I guess she's coming tonight
Speculating that the mother might come back tonight
The sexton came early
The church caretaker arrives to ring the bell
To ring the church bell
Found the children beneath the snow white
And found them
Describing the discovery of the orphans
Beneath the snow white
The angels made space for the orphans to dwell
The angels made room for the orphans to dwell
The orphans are now in heaven with their mother
Up in heaven with their mommy that night
Confirming the orphans' reunion with their mother in heaven
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