"1949 singles" . _:b418996390 "0"^^ . _:b418996393 "0"^^ . . _:b418996392 "0"^^ . _:b418996382 . _:b418996372 . _:b418996395 "0"^^ . _:b418996383 . _:b418996380 . "RCA Records singles" . _:b418996381 . "5714deea25ac0d8aee560946" . _:b418996398 . _:b418996378 . _:b418996379 . _:b418996394 "0"^^ . "CD single" . _:b418996376 . _:b418996400 . . "Nobody's Child" . _:b418996377 . _:b418996375 . _:b418996374 . _:b418996375 . _:b418996397 "0"^^ . _:b418996372 . "false"^^ . _:b418996373 . "-0.335125"^^ . "RCA Records" . _:b418996396 "0"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Jeff Lynne" . . _:b418996399 "0"^^ . _:b418996398 "0"^^ . "Songs written by Cy Coben" . _:b418996379 . "%22Nobody's Child%22 is a song written by Cy Coben and Mel Foree. It was first recorded by Hank Snow in 1949 and it became one of his standards, although it did not chart for him. The song has been covered a number of times in the UK; it was on Lonnie Donegan's first album in 1956 (which went to #2 as an album in the UK), it was covered by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers (The Beatles) in 1961 in Hamburg, and in 1969 Karen Young took the song to #6 on the UK charts and used it as the title track on her album. In 1969 Hank Williams Jr. did a version of it that made it to #46 on the US Country charts. The Traveling Wilburys' 1990 version made it to #44 on the UK charts.The song lyrics are about an orphan whom no one wants to adopt because he is blind:I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's childJust like a flower I'm growing wildNo mommy's kisses and no daddy's smileNobody wants me, I'm nobody's child" . _:b418996390 . "Traveling Wilburys" . "Traveling Wilburys" . "0"^^ . _:b418996382 . _:b418996389 . . _:b418996401 "0"^^ . "--06-22" . _:b418996400 "0"^^ . "The Beatles with Tony Sheridan songs" . _:b418996400 . "english" . _:b418996401 . "Cassette single" . _:b418996398 . _:b418996388 "0.0122893825"^^ . _:b418996399 . _:b418996396 . _:b418996384 . _:b418996397 . _:b418996394 . _:b418996385 . _:b418996395 . "Mel Foree" . _:b418996392 . _:b418996393 . _:b418996375 "0.0128792245"^^ . _:b418996390 . "23"^^ . _:b418996391 . "false"^^ . _:b418996388 . _:b418996381 . _:b418996389 . _:b418996373 "0"^^ . _:b418996386 . "-0.775503"^^ . _:b418996387 . _:b418996384 . . _:b418996385 . _:b418996386 . _:b418996372 "0"^^ . "false"^^ . _:b418996378 . _:b418996391 . _:b418996388 . _:b418996380 . "Nobody's Child" . _:b418996374 "0"^^ . . _:b418996377 "0"^^ . _:b418996376 "0"^^ . _:b418996376 . _:b418996383 . _:b418996377 . _:b418996379 "0"^^ . "12-inch single" . "Atco Records" . . _:b418996378 "0"^^ . "Traveling Wilburys songs" . _:b418996387 . . _:b418996381 "0"^^ . . _:b418996373 . _:b418996380 "0"^^ . _:b418996385 "0"^^ . _:b418996383 "0"^^ . _:b418996394 . _:b418996399 . "1990-06-18"^^ . _:b418996401 . _:b418996384 "0"^^ . "7a51b4d2-16f9-414f-9022-0acb3bccd3c4" . _:b418996382 "0"^^ . . _:b418996387 "0"^^ . _:b418996392 . "1964-06-04"^^ . "Gramophone record" . _:b418996386 "0"^^ . _:b418996374 . _:b418996393 . _:b418996395 . "Hank Williams, Jr. songs" . _:b418996389 "0"^^ . "Bert Kaempfert" . _:b418996397 . _:b418996396 . "Cy Coben" . _:b418996391 "0"^^ .