When I was just a little girl my mamma said to me
"Beware of the the devil my child in the dark rocky places he'll keep.
Beware of the devil my child. Beware of his charming ways.
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Artist - Natalie Merchant
Calico Pie,
The little Birds fly
Down to the calico tree,
Their wings were blue
And they sang 'Tilly-loo!'
Till away they flew,
And they never came back to me!
They never ca...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
I once loved a sailor.
Once, a sailor loved me.
But he was not a sailor,
Who sailed on the wide blue sea.
He sailed in an airship;
Sailed like a bird on the wing;
And every evening...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
It's a Saturday afternoon romance
Between a cowboy and a fool
A drunken meet up
In a crude saloon
A poor Rocky Mountain town
He's a scoundrel and
She's no pearl
Together they are t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Crying, my little one, footsore and weary?
Fall asleep, pretty one, warm on my shoulder,
I must tramp on through the winter night dreary,
While the snow falls on me colder and c...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Young Emily was fair lady bright
She loved her diver boy
Who sailed over the ocean
To gather up some gold
Seven long years returning,
His money for to show
He'd been sailing over t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Come here ladies and gentleman
Listen to my song
Play it to you right
But you may think it wrong
May make you mad
But I mean no harm
It's just about the renters
On Penny's farm
It'...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
I'm an effigy
A parody of
Who I appear to be
Put your flaming torches under me
I'm an effigy
A parody of
Who I appear to be
Put your flaming torches under me
I'm an effigy
A paro...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
See, they are clearing the sawdust course
For the girl in pink on the milk-white horse.
Her spangles twinkle; his pale flanks shine,
Every hair of his tail is fine
And bright...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Blue, like the winter snow in the full moon
Black like the silhouettes of the trees
Late blooming flowers lie frozen underneath the stars
I want you to remember me that way
(far aw...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant