A Woman and the Devil- Williams (MO) 1906 Belden A
A Woman and the Devil- Contributed in 1906 by C. H. Williams from Bollinger County. Printed in JAFL XIX 298-9. The opening stanza he could not recall. Belden A
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It's neither you nor your oldest son,
Sing fall de rall de a,
It's neither you nor your oldest son
But your scolding wife she is the one.'
Sing fall de rall, sing fall de rall,
Sing fall de rall de a.
'O take her in welcome with all your heart;
I hope you'll be happy and never part.'
He took her up all on his back
And off he went like a horse in a rack.
He set her down all for to rest;
She up with a stick and she hit him her best.
He went on till he came to the gate.
He gave her a kick and said, 'There's your place.'
Ten little devils come all on a wire;
She up with her foot and kicked nine in the fire.
Four little devils come rolling a ball:
'Father, take us back or she'll kill us all.'
The old man in the kitchen peeping out at the cracks:
'Yonder comes the old devil a-wagging her back.'
And now you see what a woman can do;
She can out the old devil and her husband too.