Farmer's Curst Wife- Decker (NL) 1959 Peacock A
[This variant collected in 1959 from George Decker of Rocky Harbour, NL, by Kenneth Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, p.265, by The National Museum of Canada (1965).]
A. The Farmer's Curst Wife - Sung by George Decker of Rocky Harbour, NL. Collected By Peacock
A farmer went out in his fields one day,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
The devil came to him and this did say,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
I don't want you nor your oldest son,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
But it is your old scolding wife at home,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
The devil he took her up on his back,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
And when he reached hell he delivered his pack,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
All the young devils jumped over a wall,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
Saying, "Carry her home or she'll kill us all!"
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
There was a big devil sat down on a block,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
She took up a stick and she gave him a knock,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
All the young devils jumped over a wall,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
Saying, "Carry her home or she'll kill us all!"
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
The devil he took her up on his back,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
And like a damn fool he carried her back,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
Oh women they can be cursed if they will,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
They go to the devil, get kicked out of hell,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
Oh when he got her in sight of home,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
She kicked all the skin off the devil's back-bone,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.
Oh women, oh women, they're born with a curse,
Fie lee, fie lee, fie little fie lee,
When they've been to hell they're ten times worse,
To me twice fie lee, fie little fie lee,
To me twice fie lee you down.