Oh, my mother was just a girl, seventeen   Oh, my mother was just a girl, seventeen   And my dad was passin' through doing things a man will do   And my mother was just a girl, seventeen      It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all   It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all   And I have a life to claim though I really don't know my name   It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all      Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name   Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name   But it's written up in the sky and I'll see it by and by   Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name      Well, I had a good mother and dad just the same   Well, I had a good mother and dad just the same   And they took me to their breast and they surely stood the test   Yes, I had a good mother and dad just the same      Now there ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name   Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name   Just another baby born to a girl lost and lorn   Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name      Now and then, there's a lonesome thought in my mind   Now and then, there's a lonesome thought in my mind   And on the crowded street I see a strangers face that looks like me   Now and then, there's a lonesome thought in my mind      'Cause there ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name   Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name   But I'll see it by and by 'cause it's written up in the sky   Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name