The Little Orphan

Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes. Isaac Taylor Headland. 1900.

Like a little withered flower,
  That is dying in the earth,
I am left alone at seven,
  By her who gave me birth.

With my papa I was happy,
  But I feared he'd take another,
And now my papa's married,
  And I have a little brother.

And he eats good food,
  While I eat poor,
And cry for my mother,
  Whom I'll see no more.

Tags - Death - Grieving - Parents - Mother - Father - Siblings -

Origin - Asia - East Asia - China -