Little Child (song)

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Malta Little Child


caption =
year = 1992
country = Malta
artist = Mary Spiteri
as =
with =
language = English
composer = Georgina Abela
lyricist = Raymond Mahoney
conductor = Paul Abela
place = 3rd
points = 123
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1992mt from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0iz0GUWlSg from YouTube]
prev = Could It Be
prev_link = Could It Be
next = This Time
next_link = This Time (Eurovision song)

"Little Child" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in English by Mary Spiteri.

The song is a ballad, in which Spiteri addresses the titular "little child" and informs him or her that she has become old and cynical - as well as delivering the warning that this is the result of growing older. All is not lost, however, as the innocence of the child inspires Spiteri to see the world in a more positive manner.

The song was performed tenth on the night (following Cyprus' Evridiki with "Teriazume" and preceding Iceland's Heart 2 Heart with "Nei Eða Já"). At the close of voting, it had received 123 points, placing 3rd in a field of 23 - and thus bettering Malta's previous best result set in 1991 by a duo featuring Georgina Abela, who composed this entry.

A Maltese language version was also recorded, titled "Tfajjel Ċkejken".

It was succeeded as Maltese representative at the 1993 Contest by William Mangion with "This Time".