First Footing - Jason Molina

Shepherdess with the North Star eyes

Mistletoe and hawthorn wings

Oh, little darling

First footing

My heart again, against the tide

And I sailed out to the blue

Oh, who would take fire

From the house on this day?

There’s a blaze in the field a’coming

Oh, the ghost is here

To let out the old year

Oh, shepherdess with the North Star eyes

All I ever pray

Is for first footing

There’s a blaze in the field a’coming

Oh, the ghost is here

To let out the old year

To let out the old year