Mercy Mercy:Don Covay (And The Goodtimers) #1 on R& Charts and #35 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC Records in 1964. (Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy, have mercy on me. #1. Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read. She said, Don, your baby's gonna leave you..her bag is packed up under the bed and I cry.. Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy, have mercy on me. #2. I said, if you leave me baby....girl, if you put me down. Well, I'm a goin' to the nearest river, child.. and jump from above and drown..but don't leave me.. Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy, have mercy on me. #3. Well, now, hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, what you tryin' to do, huh? Hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, please don't say we're through. INTERLUDE: #4. I said, if you stay here, baby.....I tell you what I'm gonna do..I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week.. to bring my money home to you. Well, I said, mercy, mercy, mercy....mercy, mercy, mercy..(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.