from Oannes …another contribution to his theme “Childhood Nostalgia”

Από το άλμπουμ του Van Morrison, Poetic Champions Compose, 1987. Ενα παραδοσιακό νέγρικο τραγούδι από την εποχή των σκλάβων στην Αμερική.

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From Van Morrison 1987 album, Poetic Champions Compose. A traditional Negro spiritual that dates back to the era of slavery in the United States.

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Original score of “Motherless Child” by William E. Barton, D.D., 1899.

❝ Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Long way from my home
Sometimes I wish I could fly
Like a bird up in the sky
Oh, sometimes I wish I could fly
Fly like a bird up in the sky
Sometimes I wish I could fly
Like a bird up in the sky
Closer to my home

Motherless children have a hard time
Motherless children have-a such a hard time
Motherless children have such a really hard time
A long way from home

Sometimes I feel like freedom is near
Sometimes I feel like freedom is here
Sometimes I feel like freedom is so near
But we’re so far from home

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Baby, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Long way from my home

Sometimes I feel like it gets closer now
Sometimes I feel like the kingdom is at hand
Sometimes I feel like kingdom is now
But we’re so far from home ❞

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Και μία διαφορετική προσέγγιση από τον Moby, από το άμπουμ του: ‘Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt‘, του 2017.

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and a different version by Moby, from his 2017 album: ‘Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt‘

Spoken word: Moby – Hook: Raquel Rodriguez

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and this:

Watercolor inspired from:

“Sometimes I wish I could fly / Like a bird up in the sky“

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Enjoy!

and

Stay Safe!