Sometimes i feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes i feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes i feel like a motherless child
A long way from home
True believer, a long way from home.
Sometimes i feel like i'm almost gone,
Sometimes i feel like i'm almost gone,
Sometimes i feel like i'm almost gone,
Way up in de heab'nly lan,
True believer, way up in de heab'nly lan'.