Mudcat Café message #2102941

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Thread #103319 Message #2102941
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
15-Jul-07 - 12:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Motherless Child (from Eric Clapton)
Subject: RE: Lyric Request: 'Motherless Child'

Eric Clapton, in his album "From the Cradle," 1994, called it traditional.
Certainly some of the lines are from traditional songs, but I haven't seen them put together in this way.

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