Cat. #1287 (MFH #540) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on November 30, 1971
VERSE 1
Two little wandering orphants, one day
Down by th river side
They ventured at last an' to th boatman they said
Roll us over th tide
VERSE 2
Roll us over th tide
Roll us over th tide
Papa an' Mamma have gone on before
Roll us over the tide
VERSE 3
We are so poor, so hungry an' cold
We have no place to stay
Our own dear Papa an' Mamma are gone
Roll us over the tide
VERSE 4
Mamma told Papa, little Charlie one day
Jesus would come for her child
We have been hungry an' waitin' so long now
Roll us over th tide
VERSE 5
Two little faces we no more shall see
Sweetly they slept, side by side
Jesus so full of compassion an' love
Rolled them over th tide
VERSE 6
Rolled them over th tide
Rolled them over th tide
Take them to Heaven with loved ones to dwell
Rolled them over the tide