{"id":4082,"date":"2018-08-30T18:03:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T22:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/?page_id=4082"},"modified":"2018-08-30T18:03:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T22:03:50","slug":"lyrics-88-years-88-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/?page_id=4082","title":{"rendered":"lyrics: relic of a bygone day &#8211; orphan train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>cd: Relic of a Bygone Day<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>track 1: Orphan Train<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">Cities choked with more abandoned children<br \/>\nOrphanages bulging at the seams<br \/>\nAll those mothers lost at childbirth<br \/>\nBroken fathers drink away their dreams<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a train that\u2019s heading westward<br \/>\nFrom the cities to the plains<br \/>\nFor the worse or for the better<br \/>\nYour life will be changed<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">On the orphan train<br \/>\nThis could be your lucky morning<br \/>\nThe orphan train<br \/>\nBe the start of your new life<br \/>\nThe orphan train<br \/>\nSmile and curtsy to the farmer<br \/>\nAnd his barren wife<br \/>\nThe orphan train<br \/>\nThey may want you for their family<br \/>\nThe orphan train<br \/>\nThey may want you for their gain<br \/>\nThe orphan train<br \/>\nEither way don\u2019t be the last child<br \/>\nSadly to remain<br \/>\nOn the orphan train<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">Iowa took on your little sister<br \/>\nThe couple said they couldn\u2019t manage two<br \/>\nCrying and goodbying in the station<br \/>\nShe\u2019s so young she\u2019ll not remember you<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">Now the numbers dwindled to a handful<br \/>\nSoon they\u2019ll have to turn this train around<br \/>\nSquealing brakes and then you\u2019re at a standstill<br \/>\nThey parade you out another town<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">Chorus<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">The missionary matron<br \/>\nShe\u2019s done everything she can<br \/>\nTo try and make a stranger take a chance<br \/>\nYou\u2019re so frail she sees<br \/>\nThe apprehension in their eyes<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t even get that second glance<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">Last stop here in Southern Minnesota<br \/>\nPickings slim the choice is down to two<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a woman smiling with a baby in her arms<br \/>\nIt\u2019s almost like she\u2019s looking right at you<br \/>\nThen her husband moves a few steps forward<br \/>\nTakes a knee and looks you in the eye<br \/>\nAsks if you would like to join their family<br \/>\nYou nod your head and smile and start to cry<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\">Chorus<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2018 All Rights Reserved<br \/>\nDulahan Music<br \/>\nWritten by Kyle Aughe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cd: Relic of a Bygone Day track 1: Orphan Train Cities choked with more abandoned children Orphanages bulging at the seams All those mothers lost at childbirth Broken fathers drink [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4080,"parent":4029,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4082","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4083,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4082\/revisions\/4083"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}