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"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", also "Motherless Child", is a traditional spiritual. It dates back to the era of slavery in the United States . An early performance of the song was in the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee Singers .
Authoritative information about the hymn text Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, with lyrics, piano resources, and products for worship planners.
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," performed...
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.
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Burleigh, Harry Thacker) (Redirected from Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Burleigh ... 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: Contents. 1 Performances. 1. ...
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
