Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child is a sentiment we can all understand. Life isn’t always going our way. Sometimes we feel abandoned and alone.
Although the score was written down by William Barton in 1899, this song was born in the slavery of the American south. It was a traditional tune and a common experience for children and their parents who were separated and sold.
Things can and do go well in life. But sometimes, I feel like a motherless child.