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Our Mother the Mountain

from Snakes from the Pet Shop Fire by The Night Hobs

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Music and Lyrics: Townes Van Zandt

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My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom
The moon's dancin' purple all through her black hair
Her ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my window
The sun will rise soon on the false and the fair
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o

She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain
Her skin fits her tightly, her lips do not lie
She silently slips from her throat a medallion
Slowly she twirls it in front of my eyes
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o

I watch her, I love her, I long for to touch her
The satin she's wearin' is shimmering blue
Outside my window her ladies are sleeping
My dogs have gone hunting, the howling is through
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o

I reach for her hand and her eyes turn to poison
Her hair turns to splinters, her flesh turns to brine
She leaps across the room, she stands nieth my window
And screams that my first-born will surely be blind
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o

She throws herself out to the black of the nightfall
She's parted her lips, but she makes not a sound
I fly down the stairway, and run to the garden
No trace of my true love Is there to be found
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o

Walk these hills lightly, and watch who you're lovin'
By mother the mountain, I swear that it's true
And love not a woman with hair black as midnight
And a dress made of satin all shimmering blue
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o

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from Snakes from the Pet Shop Fire, released April 29, 2020
Guitar, Vocals: Richard C. Boyce
Double Bass: Josh Cruz
Cello: Charlie Bennett

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The Night Hobs

The Night Hobs are a recording collective and live performance group.

The Night Hobs Are:
Richard Boyce – Vocals, Guitars
Charlie Bennett – Cello, Strings
Josh Cruz – Basses, Vocals, Recording Engineer.


The Night Hob are a race of nocturnal humanoids from Fantasia that reside in the Southern regions. They have sharp features, wild hair and wear drab clothing.
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