POOR LITTLE SADIE (Dale Ann Bradley)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: POOR LITTLE SADIE IS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
THE ORPHANAGE TOOK HER AWAY
HER MAMA RAN OFF WITH A RE-VIVAL PREACHER
HER DADDY FORGOT HOW TO PRAY
THEY SCRUBBED ON HER KNEES AND HER ELBOWS
THEY CUT OFF HER LONG TANGLED HAIR
THEY TURNED LOOSE HER OLD DAPPLED PONY
AND LOADED HER INTO THE CAR

VERSE 2: NOW POOR LITTLE SADIE SHE SITS IN A CLASSROOM
SHE'S LEARNING WHAT SHE NEEDS TO KNOW
THE A B'S AND C'S AND THE CHARMS OF A LADY
THE WAYS OF THE WORLD DOWN BELOW
SHE LONGS TO BE BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN
HER YOUNG MIND HAS WINGS OF IT'S OWN
POOR LITTLE SADIE IS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
AND SADIE WILL NEVER GO HOME

VERSE 3: POOR LITTLE SADIE COULD TALK TO THE WILD BIRDS
SHE KNEW HOW TO GET THEM TO SING
DESPITE ALL THE TROUBLE AND STRIFE THAT SHE KNEW THERE
SHE MISSES THE WILD MOUNTAIN THINGS
THEY TEACH HER OF FAR AWAY PLACES
AND HOW TO USE PENCIL AND PEN
YES POOR LITTLE SADIE IS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
AND SHE'LL NEVER GO HOME AGAIN

VE3RSE 4: POOR LITTLE SADIE IS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
SHE'S INTO THE BIG CITY WAYS
SHE'S NEVER AT CHURCH ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY
DON'T HELP DECORATING THE GRAVES
SHE NEVER GOES DOWN TO THE RIVER
AT SUPPER HER FOOD ISN'T BLESSED
SHE DON'T SEE HERSELF AS A SAINT OR A SINNER
SHE'S FOLLOWING ALL OF THE REST

VERSE 5: POOR LITTLE SADIE IS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
AND STEPPING ON OUT IN THE WORLD
SHE'S WEARING THE POWDER AND LIPSTICK OF FASHION
SHE GREW BACK HER LONG GOLDEN CURLS
HER MOUNTAIN HEART STILL LOVES HER JESUS
SHE TALKS TO HIM WHEN SHE'S ALONE
POOR LITTLE SADIE IS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
THE MOUNTAIN THAT ONCE WAS HER HOME