Hank Williams - Little paper boy

^COut on the corner ^G7standin' so bold Stood a little paper boy so hungry and ^Ccold And as the crowd came ^G7passin' by These words he said with tears in his ^Ceyes

"Please buy a ^G7paper from me So I can get me somethin' to ^Ceat My clothes are ragged, no ^G7shoes on my feet" Said the little paper boy, there on the ^Cstreet

"Out in this cold wide ^G7world all alone I have no place on this earth to call ^Chome I haven't had the chance that ^G7other kids had I have no mother, nor even a ^Cdad

So please buy a ^G7paper from me So I can get me somethin' to ^Ceat My clothes are ragged, no ^G7shoes on my feet " Said the little paper boy, there on the ^Cstreet

Early next mornin' as the ^G7crowd passed by The little boy was gone and they wondered ^Cwhy They started searchin' and ^G7then found him dead He died with the papers under his ^Chead

No one was there his ^G7body to claim There he was lying but he felt no ^Cpain Now he has gone up to ^G7Heaven we know The little paper boy who died in the ^Csnow