[Verse 1]
Get for me a dog that bites
Turn him loose on moonless nights
Get for me a dog that bays
And turn him loose on sunless days
Someone's trying to hurt me

[Verse 2]
Build for me a house of stone
Lock it up when you leave me alone
Cage it in a fence of iron
To keep your child from all harm

[Chorus]
Mother Mother, oh help me
Someone's trying to hurt me
Mother Mother, oh help me
Someone's trying to hurt me
Mother Mother, oh help me
Someone's trying to hurt me
Mother Mother, oh help me
Someone's trying to hurt me

[Verse 3]
Get for me a bird of prey
Starve it night and day
And turn it loose where tyrants dwell
And make a heaven from this hell
[Chorus]
Mother Mother, oh help me
Someone's trying to hurt me
Mother Mother, oh help me
Someone's trying to hurt me
Mother Mother, oh help me
Mother Mother