The Little Mercies - Little Satchel

The Little Mercies perform Fred Cockerham's traditional, "Little Satchel." Rosalee Walsh on banjo, Shanice Richards on fiddle, and Bronwyn Chelette on background vocals. Follow The Little Mercies:   / thelittlemercies     / thelittlemercies     / thelittlemercies   Under my bed, you can set your little satchel On my head come lay your loving hands If you'll be my one true lover I will be your loving little man Run to the house and ask your papa A bride of mine you'll never be If he says no, come back and tell me I will wait for you to get free When you get free we'll go and get married Look how happy we will be And we'll go to California Any place you want to go And we'll go to Louisiana Settle down when we get old Wish I was a little sparrow Past these prison walls I'd fly Fly on back to the arms of my darlin' Stay at home until die You can see I'm no little sparrow Nor have I wings to fly So I'll go back all broken hearted Stay at home until I die Stay at home until I die