Singing the Living Tradition ‎#97

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; Sorrow
• 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