Cat. #0709 (MFH #540) - As sung by Floyd McGinnis, Pea Ridge, Arkansas on May 20, 1969
VERSE 1
Two little wandering orphants, one day
Down by th lone riverside
Ventured at last to th boatman, an' said
Row us over the tide
CHORUS:
Row us over th tide
Row us over th tide
Pappa an' Mamma have gone on before
Row us over the tide
VERSE 2
We are so poor an' so hunger an' cold
We have no place to abide
Our own dear Papa an' Mamma have gone
Row us over th tide
VERSE 3
Mamma told poor little Charley, one day
Jesus would care for her child
We have been hungry an' waiting so long
Row us over th tide
VERSE 4
Two faces now we no more shall see
Sweetly they sleep side by side
Jesus, so full of compassion and love
Rowed them over th tide
Jesus who died for th rich an' th poor
Answered th little ones cry
Called them to Heaven, to sorrow no more
Rowed them over th tide
VERSE 5
Rowed them over th tide
Rowed them over th tide
Papa an' Mamma have called just now
An' He rowed them over th tide