Songs of Zion ‎#155

155. Sometimes I Feel Like a Moanin' Dove

1 Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove,
Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove,
Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove,
long ways, long ways, long ways from home,
A long ways from home,
long ways from home. Oo.
long ways, long ways, long ways from home,
A long ways from home,
long ways from home. Oo.

2 Sometimes I feel like a motherless chil',
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chil',
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chil',
long ways, long ways, long ways from home,
A long ways from home,
long ways from home. Oo.
long ways, long ways, long ways from home,
A long ways from home,
long ways from home. Oo.

Text Information

• First Line: Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove
• Title: Sometimes I Feel Like a Moanin' Dove
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1981
• Topic: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs
• Source: Traditional

Tune Information

• Name: [Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove]
• Arranger: J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-
• Arranger: Verolga Nix, 1933-
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Traditional
• Copyright: Arr. © 1981 by Abingdon