The Farmer and the Devil- (NC) c.1940 Niles B
[Taken from an old woman in Cherokee County, NC by John Jacob Niles- no date given, I've guestimated c. 1940.]
The Farmer and the Devil ( Niles No. 60 B ) (Major mode on F)
The farmer went to plow,
Nu-nu-nu,
The farmer went to plow
With an ox and a cow,
Nu-nu-nu-nu-nu.
The devil, he passed by,
Nu-nu-nu,
The devil, he passed by,
The farmer, he didn't know why,
Nu-nu-nu-nu-nu.
"Oh, take my mean old wife,"
Nu-nu-nu,
"Oh, take my mean old wife,
She bothers all my life,"
Nu-nu-nu-nu-nu.
She went to hell and back,
Nu-nu-nu,
She went to hell and back,
And gave her man a whack,
Nu-nu-nu-nu-nu.