THE DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE



I know an old couple that lived near Hell

If they're not dead, they're living there still

The Devil, he came to the man at the plough

I've come for one of your family now



Whack full day ful lickety fall the dall day



Which of my family do you like best

Your scolding old wife, its she I like best

Take her away with all of my heart

I hope the two of you never need part



The Devil, he hoisted her up on his back

No peddler was ever so proud of his pack

He's carried along till he came to Hell's wall

She's out with her boot and she's flattened it all



Some Devils came down to put her in a sack

She's out with her boot and she's broken their backs

The Devils cried out from up on the wall

Take her home daddy, she'll murder us all



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He carried her home in a tenth of the time

Take her back farmer, I'm changing my mind

What will you give me for taking her in

I offer no more than the wages of sin



If you want to be rid of this scolding old hen

You'll never bedevil my family again

The Devil did cry, the Devil did howl

But he never returned to the man at the plough



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Recorded on "Borderlands"; Frankie Armstrong Music Plays

John Langstaff, and Beech Mountain

Child #278

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