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Text:Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile
Tune:[Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile]

83. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile

1 Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile,
A long ways from home,
A long ways from home.
Then I get down on my knees an' pray,
Get down on my knees an' pray.

2 Sometimes I feel like I’m almos' gone,
Sometimes I feel like I’m almos' gone,
Sometimes I feel like I’m almos' gone,
A long ways from home,
A long ways from home.
Then I get down on my knees an' pray,
Get down on my knees an' pray.

Text Information
First Line: Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile
Title: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs
Source: Traditional
Tune Information
Name: [Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile]
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Traditional



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