Devil's Curst Wife- Morris (MO) 1960 Hunter
[From Missouri State: Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; The title is conspicuous (it is the farmer's wife) and probably assigned by Hunter. The first two verses are missing the rhyming line (4th line in this case). I've supplied the standard missing lines in brackets.
Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0499]
Devil's Curst Wife- As sung by Johhny Morris, Springfield, Missouri on May 22, 1960
VERSE 1
Well, the farmer was plowin' his field one day
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
A farmer was plowin' his field one day
[The devil says: one of your family I'm takin' away]
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
VERSE 2
The devil says, farmer I've come for your wife
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
The devil says, farmer I've come for your wife
[Take her, take her, she's the scorn of my life]
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
VERSE 3
So, th devil he heisted 'er upon his hump
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
The devil he heisted 'er upon his hump
Down t' hell with 'er, he did jump
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
VERSE 4
Well, when she got there the gates were shut
Whack-fa-rack-fa-tippy-fi-day
When they got there the gates were shut
With the stiff of 'er arm she lay open his nut
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
VERSE 5
Two little devils were playin' hand ball
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
Two little devils were playin' hand ball
Said, take 'er out Daddy, she'll kill us all
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
VERSE 6
So, the devil he heisted 'er upon his hump
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
The devil he heisted 'er upon his hump
Back t' earth he gave a big jump
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
VERSE 7
So, they say, that the woman are worse than the men
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
O, they say, that the women are worse than the men
They down t' hell an' got chucked out again
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day
Right-fa-right-fa-tippy-fi-day