☮ Summertime (Live 1960/ unknown)

・by Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) )

(composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 'Porgy and Bess')

・on ...Summertime/ 1956 / CBS...

"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. 

The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, 

although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4qwSzQXYo 

☮ Summertime/ Motherless Child (Live / unknown)

・by Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) )

・on ... Summertime/ 1956 / CBS

・on Bless This House / 1956/ Columbia /‎Mahalia Jackson And The Falls-Jones Ensemble ...

・Original score of "Motherless Child" by William E. Barton, D.D., 1899.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcnO1hRnh4 

"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (or simply "Motherless Child") is a traditional Negro spiritual. 

It dates back to the era of slavery in the United States when it was common practice to sell children of slaves away from their parents. 

An early performance of the song dates back to the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee Singers.  

Like many traditional songs, it has many variations and has been recorded widely.  - wikipedia

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.Mahalia Jackson - Summertime/ Motherless Child 

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Summertime, and the living is easy, Fish are jumping and the cotton is high.

Oh, your daddy is rich and you ma is good-lookin',  So hush little baby, don't you cry.

One of these morning' you gonna rise up singing, you're gonna spread your wings, take to the sky.

But 'till that morning oh nothing will harm you, With daddy and mammy there be standing by.

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child . . .

Just a long, long way from my home, Hm-oh lord, Just a long,  long way  lord, from my  home.

Hm-m-m-m ...

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