Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_sometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child_artie-shaw-and-his-orchestra-lennie-hayton_gbia0017661a
https://archive.org/details/78_sometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child_gbia0018201b
https://archive.org/details/78_sometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child_marian-anderson-kosti-vehanen-lawrence-bro_gbia0021404a
https://archive.org/details/78_sometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child_marian-anderson-lawrence-brown-kosti-vehan_gbia0018966a
Publication Date
1918
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile,
[Chorus]
A long ways from home a long ways from home.
A long ways from home a long ways from home.
[Verse 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
[Chorus]
A long ways from home a long ways from home.
A long ways from home a long ways from home.
Recommended Citation
Burleigh, H. T., "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" (1918). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1283.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1283
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Negro Spirituals
Includes a forward by Burleigh
New York: G. Ricordi & Co. Inc. (1918)
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