Motherless Child

E648661
African American spiritual song

"Motherless Child" is a traditional African American spiritual song, widely known through numerous blues, jazz, and rock interpretations, including Eric Clapton’s rendition on his album "From the Cradle."

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Motherless Children 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American spiritual ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ
albumReleaseYear 1994 ⓘ
associatedTopic African American religious music ⓘ
lament songs ⓘ
spirituals of slavery era ⓘ
culturalOrigin African American community in the United States ⓘ
emotionalTone melancholic ⓘ
plaintive ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rock ⓘ
spiritual ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasForm strophic song ⓘ
hasKnownComposer false ⓘ
hasNotableInterpretationBy Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hootie & the Blowfish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larry Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marian Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nina Simone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odetta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Robeson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richie Havens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext post‑slavery African American religious life ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
influencedGenre blues music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
jazz standards repertoire ⓘ
isTraditional true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricOpening Sometimes I feel like a motherless child ⓘ
lyricTheme longing ⓘ
loss ⓘ
separation ⓘ
spiritual exile ⓘ
musicTradition African American spirituals ⓘ
performanceContext church services ⓘ
civil rights era performances ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
publicDomainStatus public domain (in the United States) ⓘ
recordedOnAlbum From the Cradle NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalTempo slow ⓘ

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From the Cradle → hasTrack → Motherless Child ⓘ
461 Ocean Boulevard → includesSong → Motherless Child ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motherless Children