Dolly Parton: In The Ghetto

Dolly Parton's In the Ghetto. (Its absolutely fabulous!) It comes from 1969's My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy.

Lyrics (Courtesy of http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/albums/bluermboy/br_ghetto.shtml)

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way

Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto

And his momma cries

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[clannards]

this lyrics is something else. i wonder where her inspiration came from. Great song

[QueenKuehn]

@clannards Actually this is an Elvis Presley cover. It's been recorded by many artists but Dolly is the best out of all them (including the original singer Mr. Elvis. The song was written by Mac Davis and originally called the Vicious Circle.

[riamac38]

thanking you for this i live in scotland and no radio stations play country music the only place i get to hear it is on this site  thanks to all the people who put dolly the judds and other gr8 country vids and music thanks

[QueenKuehn]

@riamac38 feel free to request any artist or song and I'll see what I can do about putting a video specially for you up.

[nkyguy]

thank you for making this video of dolly parton, i love this song by her, its absolutely a beautiful song by her,

[Fredericolop]

Thank goodness, I found it. I loooooooove when Dolly sings this. :)

[pupakasandkorn]

What an amazing voice ...

unbelievable !

I love this song so much !

Dolly & elvis are both awesome ! (:

[Katzenhase]

No one sings that song better than Elvis Presley!

[SuperTiaBaby]

AMAZING I LOVE DOLLY PARTON :)

[clannards]

@Queenkuehn, Great info. i never knew. Thought it was written by Dolly. Thanks again

[Pamelao045]

its a really beautiful song by her