Mercy Mercy
"Mercy Mercy" is a blues song written by Don Covay and Ronald Dean Miller. In late 1964, the song became a hit for Don Covay and the Goodtimers reaching number one on the Cash Box R&B chart and number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Famous quotes containing the word mercy:
“Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods?
Draw near them then in being merciful.
Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A potent quack, long versed in human ills,
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;
Whose murd’rous hand a drowsy bench protect,
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)