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SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD, by                    
Last Line: Way up in de hebbenly lan'
Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals


Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
A long ways from home,
A long ways from home.
True believer.

A long ways from home,
A long ways from home.

Ef this was judgment day,
Ef this was judgment day,
Ef this was judgment day,
Eb'ry little soul would pray,
Eb'ry little soul would pray.
True believer.
Eb'ry little soul would pray,
Eb'ry little soul would pray.

Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone,
Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone,
Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone,
Way up in de Hebbenly lan',
Way up in de Hebbenly lan'.
True believer.
Way up in de Hebbenly lan',
Way up in de Hebbenly lan'.






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