Duet with Porter Wagoner

Writer Dolly Parton

Copyright 1970



Cindy was a ragged angel just a poor girl on her street

Cindy's eyes showed signs of hunger never had enough to eat

Cindy was a ragged angel golden hair and eyes of blue

Cindy loved her paper dolly that's the only love she knew

Cindy never knew her daddy and her mommie was seldom home

Except for Cindy's paper dolly Cindy was all alone

Cindy slept with her paper dolly on a blanket on the floor

She would shiver as the wind blew through the crack beneath the door

One night she laid with her paper dolly cold and hungry on the floor

That night God came for the ragged angel

And now Cindy won't ever be cold and hungry no not anymore ragged angel