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Text:Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Tune:WHEATLEY

97. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

1 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
a long way from home,
a long way from home.

2 Sometimes I feel like I have no friend,
Sometimes I feel like I have no friend,
Sometimes I feel like I have no friend,
a long way from home,
a long way from home.

3 Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone,
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone,
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone,
a long way from home,
a long way from home.

Text Information
First Line: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Title: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Meter: 10.10.10.5.5.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Transcending Mystery and Wonder: Transience; Children; Change (1 more...)
Source: African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875
Tune Information
Name: WHEATLEY
Meter: 10.10.10.5.5.
Key: e minor or modal
Source: African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875



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