**Texte selon William E. Barton, D.D., 1899 (§ 1)** O Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, O my Lord Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Den I gi'down in my knees and pray, pray Gi'down on my knees and pray. Texte selon J. W. Johnson et J. R. Johnson, 1926 (chanté notamment par Louis Armstrong) Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long ways from home A long ways from home True believer A long ways from home Along ways from home Sometimes I feel like I'm almos'gone Sometimes I feel like I'm almos'gone Sometimes I feel like I'm almos'gone Way up in de heab'nly land Way up in de heab'nly land True believer Way up in de heab'nly land Way up in de heab'nly land Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long ways from home There's praying everywhere Texte selon Harry Thacker Burleigh (1918) | : Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child :| | : Sometimes I wish I could fly, Like a bird up in the sky :| Sometimes I wish I could fly, Like a bird in the sky Little closer to home | : Motherless children Have a real hard time :| Motherless children Have a such a real hard time So long so long so long | : Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child :| Sometimes I feel Like a motherless child So far away | : Sometimes I feel Like freedom is near :| Sometimes I feel Like freedom is near But we're so far away | : Sometimes I feel Like it's close at hand :| Sometimes I feel Like the freedom is near But we're so far from home | : Sometimes, sometimes, | Sometimes | : So far, so far, so far, :| So far Mama from you, so far