In The Heart Of The City That Has No Heart
Composer(s): Thos. S. Allen; Joseph M. Daly



She wanted to roam so she left the old home
The old people's hearts were sore
she longed for the sights and the bright city lights 
where hundreds had gone before
She went to the heart of the city and mingled with strangers there
but nobody said "You are being misled" for what did the stranger care

A year passes by, there's a tear in her eye, and sorrow is on her brow
Oh! what would she do if the old people knew, she couldn't go back home now
Her dear mother said when they parted "Remember your good old name"
then her daddy said "Rather we'd see you dead than bring us disgrace and shame"

In the heart of the city that has no heart that's where they meet
and that's where they part, the current of vice had proved too strong 
so the poor little girlie just drifted along
nobody cared if she lived or died nobody cared if she laughed or cried
she's just lost a sister and nobody's missed her
she's there in the city where there's no pity in the city that has no heart