Dolly Parton Lyrics

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Two Little Orphans Lyrics

I remember a time

When the bloom was on the cotton

When our hearts chased the clouds

Like the swallow on the wing

When our cares, which were already few

Were soon forgotten

Just sittin' on the front porch swing

Oh, we'd sit every Sunday

And watched the married ladies

And we'd dream of white dresses

And churchbells in the spring

And they'd talk and paint their nails

While they'd let us hold their babies

Sittin' on the front porch swing

Where was I when the time came 

To join the married ladies

Why did I paint the nail

When the finger had no ring

Why do I sit at my age

And long to hold their babies

Sittin' on the front porch swing

When the mind longs to follow

But the memory erases

And the lips form the words

But the heart no longer sings

When the leaves in the hollow

Have been dyed to match our faces

Sittin' on the front porch swing

Oh, we'll dream of the time

When the bloom was on the cotton

When our hearts chased the clouds

Like the swallow on the wing

But the words to the rhyme 

Are not the only thing forgotten

Sittin' on the front porch swing

Sittin' on the front porch swing