O, there was an old man lived over the hill
If he ain't moved out, he's a livin' there still
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With a fie-diddle-i-diddle-i-fie
Diddle-i-diddle-i-day
O, the devil he came up to him one day
Says, one of your family I'm gonna take away
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O please don't take my oldest son
There's work on the farm and it's got to be done
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O, it's not your son nor your daughter I crave
It's your ole scoldin' wife, it's her I must have
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O take 'er, please take 'er, with alla my heart
An' I hope that the two of ya never will part
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So, the devil flung her up upon his back
And off toward hell with her he did pack
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He took 'er down t' the gates a hell
Says, stoke up the fire, we'll roast 'er well
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Two little devils came draggin' a chain
She up with her foot an' kicked out their brains
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Three little devils climbed over the wall
Says, "take 'er back Daddy, she's killin' us all"
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So the devil slung her up upon his back
And back to earth with her he did pack
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He says "Here's your wife both sound and well,
If I'd kep' her there longer she'd a torn up hell"
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"Well I've been an old devil most all of my life
But I never knew hell 'til I met your wife"
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She found the old man asleep in the bed
She up with the butter stick and paddled his head
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This goes to show what a woman can do
She can whip out the devil an' her husband too
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