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Authoritative information about the hymn text Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, with lyrics, piano resources, and products for worship planners.
The song is an expression of pain and despair as the singer compares their hopelessness to that of a child who has been torn from its parents. Under one interpretation, the repetition of the word "sometimes" offers a measure of hope, as it suggests that at least "sometimes" the singer does not feel like a motherless child. [4]
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Burleigh, Harry Thacker) (Redirected from Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Burleigh, Harry Thacker)) First Publication 1918 Genre Categories: Sacred songs; Religious works; Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language:
15 sty 2019 · One of the most haunting African-American spirituals, “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” was likely borne out of heart-wrenching tragedy: the forcible separation of parent from child. As Harriet Jacobs, an escaped slave, wrote: “On one of those sale days, I saw a mother lead seven children to the auction block.
7 sty 2008 · In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of when the importation of slaves was outlawed in the U.S., hear music from the heart of the era, "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,"...
The history of the well-known spiritual “Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child,” is wrapped up in the legacy of the Hampton Students, an ensemble of African American students modeled after the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. Contributor: Reed, Clifford - Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Sanford, Annabelle - Brown, Lois Date: 1939-06-04
