Out on the corner standin' so bold   Stood a little paper boy so hungry and cold   And as the crowd came passin' by   These words he said with tears in his eyes      "Please buy a paper from me   So I can get me somethin' to eat   My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"   Said the little paper boy, there on the street      "Out in this cold wide world all alone   I have no place on this earth to call home   I haven't had the chance that other kids had   I have no mother, nor even a dad"      "So please buy a paper from me   So I can get me somethin' to eat   My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"   Said the little paper boy, there on the street      Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by   The little boy was gone and they wondered why   They started searchin' and then found him dead   He died with the papers under his head      No one was there, his body to claim   There he was lying but he felt no pain   Now he has gone up to Heaven we know   The little paper boy who died in the snow      There ya have it, friends