X:183
T:Devil and the Farmer's Wife, The
R:song
H:See also #182, #184
D:Afterhours
Z:id:hn-song-183
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:Ddor
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W:I knew an old couple who're living near Hell
W:Dee diddle dee diddle dee die.
W:If they're not gone away, they're living there still
W:with me wick fol-lay, fol-lickety fol-de-dol-dee.
W:
W:The Devil came down to the man at the plough
W:Sayin' "one of your family I'll take away now"
W:
W:Which of my family would you like best?
W:Sure I've come for your wife, I hear she's a pest
W:
W:The Devil, he hoisted her up on his back
W:And off to old Hell and they're not coming back.
W:
W:He carried her onto a pile of old stones
W:He dropped her down there and he jumped on her bones
W:
W:And he carried her on 'til they came to Coote Hill
W:She cried as much there as would turn a mill
W:
W:And he carried her on 'til they came to Hell's wall
W:And there she did stammer and stutter and bawl
W:
W:Two little devils were playin' with chains
W:She waved with a stick and smashed their brains
W:
W:Two little devils were playin' hand-ball
W:With a stick she's battered and scattered them all
W:
W:Two little devils peeped over the wall
W:Sayin' "take her away daddy, she'll murder us all"
W:
W:So the Devil he hoisted her up on his hump
W:And back to the farmer with her he did jump.
W:
W:He says to the farmer "here's you're wife safe and well
W:She wouldn't be kept, not even in Hell"
W:
W:They were nine days goin' but one comin' back
W:She left with the scrape and she came with the pot.