Hey, Little Songbird

Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada * Track #13 On Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Album Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Anaïs Mitchell

ALBUM

Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada

2019

#1
Road to Hell
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#2
Any Way the Wind Blows
Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
#3
Come Home with Me
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, Kimberly Marable, John Krause & Ahmad Simmons
#4
Wedding Song
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Ahmad Simmons & Kimberly Marable
#5
Epic I
Reeve Carney & André De Shields
#6
Livin’ It Up On Top
Amber Gray, André De Shields, Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#7
All I’ve Ever Known (”In spite of herself...”) [Intro]
André De Shields
#8
All I’ve Ever Known
Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
#9
Way Down Hadestown
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#10
A Gathering Storm
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
#11
Epic II
Reeve Carney
#12
Chant
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#13
Hey, Little Songbird
Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada
#14
When the Chips are Down (”Songbird vs. rattlesnake”) [Intro]
André De Shields
#15
When the Chips are Down
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad & Eva Noblezada
#16
Gone, I’m Gone
Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
#17
Wait for Me (”Hey, the big artiste...”) [Intro]
André De Shields & Reeve Carney
#18
Wait for Me
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Timothy Hughes, Malcolm Armwood, Jessie Shelton, Kimberly Marable, Khaila Wilcoxon, Ahmad Simmons, Afra Hines, T. Oliver Reid & John Krause
#19
Why We Build the Wall
Patrick Page & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#20
Why We Build the Wall (”Behind closed doors...”) [Outro]
André De Shields
#21
Our Lady of the Underground
Amber Gray
#22
Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)
André De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Eva Noblezada, Timothy Hughes, Malcolm Armwood, Jessie Shelton, Kimberly Marable, Khaila Wilcoxon, Ahmad Simmons, Afra Hines, T. Oliver Reid & John Krause
#23
Flowers
Eva Noblezada
#24
Come Home with Me (Reprise)
Reeve Carney & Eva Noblezada
#25
Papers (”You’re not from around here, son...”) [Intro]
Patrick Page, Amber Gray, André De Shields, Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
#26
Papers (Instrumental)
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
#27
Nothing Changes
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
#28
If it’s True
Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable & Ahmad Simmons
#29
How Long?
Amber Gray & Patrick Page
#30
Chant (Reprise)
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#31
Epic III
Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#32
Epic III (”They danced...”) [Instrumental]
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
#33
Promises
Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
#34
Word to the Wise
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
#35
His Kiss, the Riot
Patrick Page
#36
Wait for Me (”If you wanna walk out of hell...”) [Intro]
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, Kimberly Marable, John Krause & Ahmad Simmons
#37
Wait For Me (Reprise)
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#38
Doubt Comes In
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Afra Hines, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Timothy Hughes & Ahmad Simmons
#39
Road To Hell (Reprise)
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
#40
We Raise our Cups
Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Hadestown Original Broadway Company

Hey, Little Songbird by Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada

Release Date

Fri Jun 07 2019

Performed by

Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada

Produced by

Todd Sickafoose & David Lai & Anaïs Mitchell

Writed by

Anaïs Mitchell

About

Hades and Eurydice meet, and Hades attempts to seduce her into coming with him to Hadestown. Eurydice, who has been going hungry as of late, is enticed by his offer of security and wealth.

The lyrics of the song are identical to the versions on the 2010 and 2017 albums.

Hey, Little Songbird Lyrics

[HADES]
Hey, little songbird, give me a song
I'm a busy man and I can't stay long
I got clients to call, I got orders to fill
I got walls to build, I got riots to quell
And they're giving me hell back in Hades

Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue?
Always a pity for one so pretty and young
When poverty comes to clip your wings
And knock the wind right out of your lungs
Hey, nobody sings on empty

[EURYDICE]
Strange is the call of this strange man
I wanna fly down and feed at his hand
I want a nice, soft place to land
I wanna lie down forever

[HADES]
Hey, little songbird, you've got something fine
You'd shine like a diamond down in the mine
And the choice is yours if you're willing to choose
Seeing as you've got nothing to lose
And I could use a canary

[EURYDICE]
Suddenly nothing is as it was
Where are you now, Orpheus?
Wasn't it gonna be the two of us?
Weren't we birds of a feather?

[HADES]
Hey, little songbird, let me guess
He's some kind of poet and he's penniless
Give him your hand, he'll give you his hand-to-mouth
He'll write you a poem when the power is out
Hey, why not fly south for the winter?

Hey, little songbird, look all around you
See how the vipers and vultures surround you
And they'll take you down, they'll pick you clean
If you stick around such a desperate scene
See, people get mean when the chips are down

Hey, Little Songbird Q&A

Who wrote Hey, Little Songbird's ?

Hey, Little Songbird was written by Anaïs Mitchell.

Who produced Hey, Little Songbird's ?

Hey, Little Songbird was produced by Todd Sickafoose & David Lai & Anaïs Mitchell.