Intro  (Listen for Timing) 
 
B5    C5    D5    G5    C5    D5    G5    D5    C5 
(Verse 1&2) 
 

G5                C5 
I MET HER AT THE MISSION 
       D5                 G5 
LIVIN' JUST THIS SIDE OF SIN 
    C5                      G5     
HER MOUTH WAS SOFT AND WHEN SHE SPOKE 
D5 
LORD, I FELL RIGHT IN 
          G5            C5 
SHE HAD A BABY IN A BLANKET 
  D5            G5 
A DOLLAR AND A HALF  
C5                     G5 
SHE LOOKED A LITTLE LEERY 
    D5           
SHE LET OUT A LITTLE LAUGH 
G5                 C5 
I OPENED UP MY OVERCOAT 
D5              G5 
INVITED THEM INSIDE 
    C5                G5 
TWO FRAGILE LITTLE FLOWERS 
      D5   
WITH NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE 
    C5                    D5 
SHE SAID HER OLD MAN LEFT HER 
       E5      D5        C5 
JUST BEFORE THE BABY CAME 
        A5                         
I COULD FEEL THE TEARS WELL UP INSIDE 
         D5            D5 
EACH TIME SHE SPOKE HIS NAME 
 
CHORUS.. 
B5   C5     D5    G5 
SWING LOW, SWING LOW 
C5     D5     G5     A5  G5  
SWEET ANGEL FACE 
C5         D5    E5 D5    C5 
WHY WOULD SUCH A SIMPLE CHILD 
A5        D5        G5    D5  C5 
COME TO SUCH A PLACE 
(Verse 3) 
WE TALKED UNTIL THE WIND DIED DOWN 
THE BABY WOKE AND STIRRED 
SHE MADE A LITTLE HUSHING SOUND 
SPOKE SOME MAGIC WORD 
THE BABY YAWNED AND SMILED AT ME 
AS SHE SAID WE CAN'T STAY 
SHE THANKED ME FOR MY KINDNESS 
TURNED AND WALKED AWAY 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
(Verse 4) 
I THINK ABOUT THEM ALL THE TIME 
I HOPE THEY'VE FOUND A HOME 
IT SEEMS THAT IT'S MY CALLING NOW 
TO WALK THESE STREETS ALONE 
SOMETIMES WHEN THE WIND IS RIGHT 
I CAN SMELL HER SWEET PERFUME 
AND THINK ABOUT THE WARM EMBRACE 
THAT ENDED ALL TOO SOON 
 
REPEAT CHORUS