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Old Lady and the Devil

from The Devil Knows How by Derek Piotr

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After the singing of Texas Gladden

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There was an old man and he owned a large farm
and he had no horses to plow his land

Oh, he hooked up the cow and the sow to the plow
and he turned the soil, The Devil knows how

Oh, The Devil come to the old man one day
says, one in your family I'll sure take away

Now said the old man, well surely I'm done
for The Devil's done come for my oldest son

Oh, it's not your oldest son I crave
but your old scoldin' wife I'll sure take away

Take her on, Take her on, with a joy in my heart
and I hope from Hell she never does part

Oh, he shouldered her up all on his back
and off to Hell he went, clickity-clack

Then he set her down at the forks in the road
And he said, old gal, you're a terrible load

Oh, he set her down at old Hell's gate
And there he made the old gal walk straight

Well, two little devils come a-rattling their chains
And she up with a slipper and she knocked out their brains

So nine little devils went a-climbing the wall
Says, take her back Daddy, she's a-murderin' us all

Well, he shouldered her up, all on his back
and like an old fool he went lugging her back

Then said the old man, we're bound for a curse
for she's been to Hell, but she's ten times worse

The old man was a-layin' sick in the bed
And she up with a butter stick and battled his head

The old woman went a-whistlin' over the hill
Says The Devil won't have me, I wonder who will

That's one advantage women have over men
for they'll go to Hell and come back again

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from The Devil Knows How, released May 13, 2022
Voice: Derek Piotr
Guitar, acoustic: Lance Martin
Processed by: Charles Yingling
Edited by: Scott Solter
Taped by: Theo Gowans
Mixed by: Derek Piotr
Traditional, Child no. 278

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Derek Piotr is a folklorist, researcher and performer whose work focuses primarily on the human voice.

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