My Time Ain't Long
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Transcribed from recordings made June 2, 1939 - June 5, 1939 during the John Lomax 1939 Recording Trip visit to the State Penitentiary in Raiford, Florida. Yes, those are real convicts.

A number of Lomax's recordings (popularized by, of all people, Moby) are available for download from the United States Library of Congress web site:

http://memory.loc.gov

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long
Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Sometimes I feel like a feather in the air
Sometimes I feel like a feather in the air
Sometimes I feel like a feather in the air

Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long
Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Sometimes I feel like I have no friends
Sometimes I feel like I have no friends
Sometimes I feel like I have no friends

Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long
Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long
Lord, Lord, I know my time ain't long

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