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Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child : A Monologue
By Kay2zed
05 August 2007
It is a monologue, I may not call it a true poetry...

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Written by Phil (6836 comments posted) 5th August 2007
:?

Written by fellpony (1652 comments posted) 5th August 2007
If internal monologues are silent, this qualifies. Otherwise, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. Emperor's new clothes?
True
Written by Josie (2825 comments posted) 7th August 2007
I'm not sure if you can call two sentences anything. So I'll say no more. (Now - here's my poetry for the day too).
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
Written by CliffBowes (176 comments posted) 16th August 2007
Hi Kay. Was your monlogue based on the old Negro Spiritual of the same name? For some reason you didn't manage to get it posted, why not rry again. 
 
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD" 
 
from « American Negro Spirituals» 
by J. W. Johnson, J. R. Johnson, 1926 
 
 
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 

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