
Pray Papa,
Pray for the little children papa,
Pray for the sick and hungry,
Pray papa, pray papa,
Pray for the blacks and whites so that they may live Together in Peace.
Pray papa, pray papa,
Pray for England papa,
Pray for your wife, papa,
Pray for my sisters,
Pray for the bee for it is free.
Pray for me papa,
Pray for the war papa,
Pray for the dead man Ive been fed papa,
Pray for me papa,
Pray for my soul papa,
Pray for the dead papa,
For I died just yesterday morning.
Pray papa, pray papa,
Pray to the lord, for he has taken me away,
Far away from this Earth papa,
Its lonely here, papa,
Its lonely here without him,
I loved him, papa and he loved me, papa,
Pray papa, pray papa,
Im lonely here without you.
I loved you mama,
But you could never love me, I know its kind of hard for you to even try.
I love you mama, what more can I say?
Pray papa, Pray papa,
Pray for me, papa, pray for my soul.
Pray for I just died yesterday morning.
Pray papa, pray papa, pray papa,
Pray my children pray for me,
For I will be with you soon my loves.
Lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay,
Pray papa, pray papa, pray papa, pray papa, pray papa,
Pray my children,
Lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay,
Pray my children,
Pray my children, pray for me,
Pray, pray for me for I will be with you my loves.
© 1973, 1999 by Karen Shaw-Dennehy
Images © the Reverend Douglas James 1999
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