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Posted on February 11, 2026

BHM #8: SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD

Jazz Vocalist Par Excellence Jimmy Scott (b. July 1925-June 2014) Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child has always been with us. When I looked up its origin, there was none. One day, it stood up on his hind legs in the distance and wailed. Its origin is America itself. Its an old, traditional spiritual …

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