A variant of this song was included in the first lrge size Sing Out! magazine, the first Sing Out! to include a recording, I think in the late sixties. I'm pretty sure it was sung by the Georgia Sea Islander Singers.

Here are two of the verses I remember. It was on one of those floppy vinyl records that you tear out of the magazine.

I've been in the storm so long.
I've been in the storm so long.
Singing,"Oh Lord, Give me more time to pray."
I've been in the storm so long.

I am a motherless child.
I am a motherless child.
Singing,"Oh Lord, Give me more time to pray."
I am a motherless child.