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Momma's Gonna Buy You A Mockingbird Lyrics [ No Ads ]

And if that billy goat won't pull,Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull.

And if that looking glass gets broke,Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat. momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird lyrics

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,

His 2004 hit "Mockingbird" famously interpolates these lyrics to address his daughters. And if that billy goat won't pull,Mama's gonna

The song follows a "conditional" structure—each verse introduces a new gift as a solution to the previous one failing. don't say a word

And if that diamond ring turns brass,Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass.