My Baby Needs A Shepherd Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dolfan 

Cover art for My Baby Needs A Shepherd lyrics by Emmylou Harris

Could this one be about a woman who now regrets the abortion she has had? It works almost perfectly when read this way. The line "Toora loora loora lo" is a reference to an old lullaby and "My kindom for a lullaby" seems a reference to Shakespeare's Richard III where King Richard III is unhorsed on a battlefield and knows he will die unless he gets a horse (My kingdom for a horse). He doesn't get a horse and he does, in fact, get killed.
A powerful song.