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Hey, Little Mother, what's in your bag?
Chocolates and sweets.

Hey, Mr. Postman, what's in your bag?
A note from your beloved.

Hey, Mr. Tailor, what's in your bag?
The finest wedding dress.

Hey, Mr. Harvester, what's in your bag?
Solitude and death.

17. Little Mother
(trad.) You know Christy Moore? Of course. He did an album called 'Live In Dublin' at 1978 with Donal Lunny and Jimmy Faulkner. This was lifted from there. The melody is beautiful as hell, but there's a kind of stressful atmosphere here. Is there something bad coming or what? Find out yourself. Try to find the original. --Jore I've heard of Christy Moore - but never heard this song. I found him singing it on You Tube - and this comment…..'The story I heard is that Christy was on tour in Norway and heard these words on a song somebody was playing on a turntable. This was actually just part of the song, and Christy never found out the name of the original song or the rest of the lyrics.' To my ears it has an 18th century Scandinavian feel about it - and a Finnish melancholy --Davy