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Thread #41314 Message #647676
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
11-Feb-02 - 07:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sometimes I feel like a motherless c
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: Added verses.
If this was judgement day,
If this was judgement day,
If this was judgement day,
Eb'ry little soul would pray,
Eb'ry little soul would pray,
True believer!
Eb'ry little soul would pray,
Eb'ry little soul would pray
Dett, R. N., 1927, Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro, p. 172 with music.
Refrain (chorus):
Then I get down on my knees and pray,
Then I get down on my knees and pray.
J. W. Work, 1940, American Negro Songs and Spirituals, p. 146 with music. "True Believer" is omitted from this version.