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   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      A long way from home   A long way from home      Sometimes I feel like a mournin' dove   Sometimes I feel like a mournin' dove   Sometimes I feel like a mournin' dove      A long way from home   A long way from home      Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the air   Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the air   Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the air      A long way from home   A long way from home      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   A long way from home