VERSE 1
There was an ole man at th foot of th hill
If he ain't moved away, he's livin' there still
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VERSE 2
Well, he hitched up his horse an' he went out t' plow
How he got around I never know how
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VERSE 3
Ole Devil come to 'im, in th field one day
Sayin' one of your kin I'm gonna take away
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VERSE 4
Well, take 'er on, take 'er on, with th joy of my heart
Hope by golly, that you never part
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VERSE 5
Th ole Devil got 'er up on his back
Looked like a peddler with a hump on his back
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VERSE 6
Ole Devil got out t' th forks of th road
He said, ole lady you're a hell of a load
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VERSE 7
Ole Devil got t' th gates of Hell
Said, push up th fire, we'll scorch 'er well
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VERSE 8
Up come a little Devil a draggin' a chain
She up with a hatchet, split out his brain
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VERSE 9
Up come a little Devil a skatin' on th wall
Said, take 'er back Daddy, she'll murder us all
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VERSE 10
A little Devil was peepin' out'a th crack
Said, take 'er back Dad, don't you bring 'er back
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VERSE 11
Ole man was a peepin' out'a th crack
Seen th ole Devil come a draggin' 'er back
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VERSE 12
Ole man lay sick in th bed
She up with th butter stick, paddled his head
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VERSE 13
Ole lady went a whistlin' over th hill
Said th Devil won't have me, I don't know who will
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VERSE 14
Now, you see what a woman can do
She can out do th Devil an' th ole man too
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VARIANTS:
0437 Devil Doings
0481 Farmers Curst Wife
04999 Devils Curst Wife
1134 The Ole Man Under the Hill
1439 Devil and the Farmers Wife
1519 The Devil and the Farmer
OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Child: 278 the Farmers Curst Wife
Randolph: I-36 The Old Man Under the Hill
Belden: p. 94 The Farmers Curst Wife
Brown: II-45 The Farmers Curst Wife
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