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Picture taken from: https://iconicimages.net/photo/tw-mj009-mahalia-jackson/#imagemprofissional Mahalia Jackson American gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson relaxes backstage at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1957. Photographer: Ted Williams Media name: TW_MJ009 Lyrics Taken from [https://www.songlyrics.com/mahalia-jackson/summertimesometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child-lyrics/ ] Summertime, and the living is easy, Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Oh, your daddy is rich and you ma is good-looking, So hush little baby, don't you cry. One of these morning's you gonna rise up singing, You gonna hide your way, you take to the sky. But 'till that morning nothing will harm you, With daddy and mammy there be standing by. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Just a long way from home, Lord, Just a long way from home. Hm-m-m-m ... A long way from home, home, long way from home. Summertime, and the living is easy, Fish are jumping - oh - and the cotton is high. Oh, your daddy is rich and you ma is good-looking, So hush little baby don't you cry. One of these morning you gonna rise up singing, You gonna hide your way, you take to the sky. But 'till that morning nothing get harm you, With daddy and mammy there be standing by

About Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the U.S. During a time when racial segregation was pervasive in American society, she met considerable and unexpected success in a recording career, selling an estimated 22 million records and performing in front of integrated and secular audience...

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