Motherless Child (demo)

Slide guitar version of the well-known spiritual (Sometimes I feel like a) Motherless Child. [Roud 10072] Probably from the Civil War era or earlier. Arranged and adapted…

I don’t sing it, but a common first verse is:

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child x2
A long, long way from my home

Not to be confused with Motherless Children or the blues Motherless Child or several more recent songs.

Or:

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Author: David Harley

1949 - 2025 Former Musician/singer/songwriter; independent author/editor. https://davidaharley.substack.com - biographical information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harley is largely accurate.