Yup - David Rawlings

There was an old man who lived over the hill

If he ain’t dead yet he’s a living there still

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Oh well, the devil come up to him one day

Said one of your family I’m gonna take away

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Well please don’t take my eldest son

There’s work on the farm that’s got to be done

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Well it’s-a not your eldest son I crave

It’s your stol’den wife I’m gonna take her away

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Now the old man jumped up with a start

Saying you can take her with all of my heart

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So the devil picked her up upon his back

He looked like an eagle stretched on a rack

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And he carried her on 'bout a mile down the road

Saying oh woman, you’re a hell of a load

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And he carried her down to the gates of Hell

Saying «Poke up the fire, we’ll scorch her well!»

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There were two little devils with a ball and chain

Up with her foot, she kicked out their brains

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And nine little devils went climbing up the walls

Saying take her back, daddy, she’ll murder us all

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I woke up the next morning, I peeked out of the crack

I see the old devil just a-dragging her back

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Saying here’s your wife both sound and well

If I kept her there longer she’d’ve torn up hell

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Well it only goes to show what a woman can do

She can whoop up the devil and her husband too

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Shows one advantage women have over man

They can go down to hell and come back again

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