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Motherless Children Lyrics
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is dead, lord.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is dead, lord.
They don't have anywhere to go;
Wandering around from door to door.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can;
So many things a father can't understand.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can;
So many things a sister can't understand.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead.
When your mother is dead, when your mother is dead.
When your mother is dead, Lord, when your mother is dead.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is dead, lord.
They don't have anywhere to go;
Wandering around from door to door.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can;
So many things a father can't understand.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can;
So many things a sister can't understand.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead.
When your mother is dead, Lord, when your mother is dead.
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this song is saying that no one can replace a mother no matter how hard the father or sister try another great example of claptons great way with words
This song is a cruel song. The song centers around the children's loss. It's sung from a horribly painful perspective yet it's almost like an old nursery rhyme type of song. I HATE it. I DETEST it. There's not a song I dislike more.
This song is a cruel song. The song centers around the children's loss. It's sung from a horribly painful perspective yet it's almost like an old nursery rhyme type of song. I HATE it. I DETEST it. There's not a song I dislike more.
Few people seem to know that this is actually a Blind Willie Johnson song, released back in 1927 on Columbia. Clapton mainly gave it a new musical (blues-rock) arrangement. Virtually all of the lyrics stem from Willie's song. You can find his rendition on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MWeDuS5ask
I wonder whether 'TurnMeOn' dislikes Blind Willie Johnson's version as much as he dislikes Clapton's version. And if (not) so, why?