X:184
T:Devil and the Farmer's Wife, The
R:song
H:See also #182, #183
D:Connie Dover
Z:id:hn-song-184
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:Ddor
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W:I once knew a family living near Hell
W:Die diedle dee diedle dee die.
W:If they're not gone away, they're living there still
W:with me wack fol-lay, fol-lickety fol-de-dol-day.
W:
W:The Devil, he came to the man at the plough
W:Sayin' "one of your family I must take away now"
W:
W:"Oh no!" says the farmer, "I am undone
W:You've surely come for my eldest son"
W:
W:"Oh no!" says the Devil "I've come for your wife
W:I hear she's the plague and torment in your life"
W:
W:So the Devil, he's hoisted her up on his hump
W:And down to Hell with her he did jump.
W:
W:He carried her on 'til they came to Hell's wall
W:And there she did stutter and stammer and bawl
W:
W:And he carried her on 'til they came to Hell's hill
W:She cried as much tears as would turn a mill
W:
W:There were two little devils a-playin' with chains
W:She off with a shoe and she knocked out their brains
W:
W:There were two other devils a-playin' head-ball
W:Sayin' "take her away daddy, she'll murder us all"
W:
W:So the Devil he's hoisted her up on his hump
W:And back to Earth with her he did jump.
W:
W:They were nine days goin' and one comin' back
W:His head did ache and his spine did crack.
W:
W:"Good Sir" says the Devil "Your wife safe and well
W:"For she wouldn't be kept, not even in Hell"
W:
W:"Now I've been a devil most of my life
W:But I ne'er was in Hell 'til I met with your wife"
W:
W:Some say that the women are better than men
W:For they went to Hell and they came out again