Little Paper Boy

Out on the corner standin' so bold
 Stood a little paperboy so hungry and cold
 And as the crowd came passin' by
 These words he said with tears in his eyes
 "Please buy a paper from me
 So I can get me somethin' to eat
 My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"
 Said the little paperboy, there on the street
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 "Out in this cold wide world all alone
 I have no place on this earth to call home
 I haven't had the chance that other kids had
 I have no mother, nor even a dad"
 "So please buy a paper from me
 So I can get me somethin' to eat
 My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"
 Said the little paperboy, there on the street
 Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by
 The little boy was gone and they wondered why
 They started searchin' and then found him dead
 He died with the papers under his head
 No one was there, his body to claim
 There he was lying but he felt no pain
 Now he has gone up to heaven, we know
 The little paperboy who died in the snow
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 Lay here, friend