Melody - Melody - Harry Thacker Burleigh, 191? (1866-1949)
|: Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child :| Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child |: A Long Way From Home :| True Believer |: A Long Way From Home :| |
|: Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child :| |: Sometimes I wish I could fly, Like a bird up in the sky :| Sometimes I wish I could fly, Like a bird in the sky Little closer to home |: Motherless children Have a real hard time :| Motherless children Have a such a real hard time So long so long so long |: Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child :| Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child So far away |: Sometimes I feel Like freedom is near :| Sometimes I feel Like freedom is near But we're so far away |: Sometimes I feel Like it's close at hand :| Sometimes I feel Like the freedom is near But we're so far from home |: Sometimes, sometimes, | Sometimes |: So far, so far, so far, :| So far Mama from you, so far |