Motherless Child Blues

This article is about the blues song. For the Negro spiritual, see Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. For another blues song, see Motherless Children.

"Motherless Child Blues" (or, in dialect, "Motherless Chile Blues") is the name of two distinct traditional blues songs. They are different melodically and lyrically. One was first popularized by Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks, the other by Elvie Thomas.