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Mockingbird Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell

Hymns for the Exiled

2004

Hush, you little baby, don't you say a word
Here comes the devil all dressed up like a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird should try to steal you off the ground
Momma's gonna grab on tight and hold you down
Down
Down

Momma, can you tell me where did my money go?
What did the devil sell me? I don't even know
He's been pecking in my pockets, diving round my door
Trying to take me with him, what does he want me for?
Momma told me "don't let go the ground"
Somebody hold me, yeah, hold me down
Down

Got the devil on my shoulder hollering, beating his red wings
Saying Polly want a dollar, I don't care if you can sing
Put down that guitar now, darling, you can't really play it
No matter what you got to say, you don't know how to say it
Momma told me 'don't let go the ground'
Now somebody hold me, hold me down

What's this coming
What's this coming
Coming over me?
I can't stand myself
I can't even stand on my own feet
But Momma told me
'Don't let go the ground'
Somebody hold me
Hold me down
Down

About “Mockingbird” by Anaïs Mitchell

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"Mockingbird" appears on "Hymns for the Exiled" in 2004.

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