Lift Every Voice and Sing II ‎#169

169. 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,

Refrain:
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, [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile
• Title: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile
• Refrain First Line: A long ways from home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Hymns and Songs: Prayer
• Source: Traditional

Tune Information

• Name: [Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile]
• Arranger: Carl Haywood (b. 1949)
• Key: f minor
• Source: Negro Spiritual
• Copyright: Arr. from The Haywood Collection of Negro Spiritual, © 1992