Talk:Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

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[edit] Sometimes I feel a bit confused

"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" is not the only spiritual based around the words "Sometimes I feel". I heard another one performed just the other day. I believe that at least one of the other such spirituals is actually called "Sometimes I Feel", and that a more common alternate name for this song is "Motherless Child". Sorry, I don't have any references on hand... Dfeuer 10:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Just to make things even more confusing, there is apparently another song Motherless Child as well. Dfeuer 10:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I think the article on "Motherless Child" is about a song that I've always heard as "Motherless Children" (a la Mance Lipscomb for an early blues recording or The Carter Family for an early folk version). I don't think I know your other traditional "Sometimes I Feel" song. -MrFizyx 21:17, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, actually, "Motherless Children" is a very different song. It appears that Barbecue Bob first recorded his song as "Motherless Chile Blues" and the clip I heard and lyrics i found are entirely different. Anyway these are all common themes in several veins of the American folk processs. -MrFizyx 21:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC