[Intro] [Verse 1] Every mornin' on the ranch, before the milk cans clatter, before my papa's out of bed — and Papa's never out of bed, no matter — I walk out to the paddock where the little foal won't come, and I sing her Mama's song, and she comes to me at a run. [Chorus] Sing, little filly, the grass is sweet and long, come on, little filly, come on home to Mama's song. [Verse 2] Then a boy came down the hill in a green cap, runnin' late, with a fairy on his shoulder hollerin' "Hey! Listen!" at the gate, he had a little clay ocarina, and he learned it by the fence, and when he played it, she came runnin' — and she's followed him ever since. [Chorus] Sing, little filly, the grass is sweet and long, come on, little filly, come on home to Mama's song. [Fiddle Break] [Verse 3] Seven years went by, and then a stranger ran the stable, Papa gone, and Mr. Ingo countin' coins at Papa's table, then that boy came back a man, and he raced him 'round the track, and he jumped the fence on her, and I don't think he's comin' back. [Final Chorus] Sing, little filly, the grass is sweet and long, come on, little filly, come on home to Mama's song. [Outro] I still sing it every mornin', and somewhere past the fence, she hears.
