[ti:The Old Lady and the Devil]
[ar:Bill Anderson]
[al:My Dixie Darling]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]The Old Lady and the Devil - Bill Reed/Belle Reed
[00:03.08]There was an old man lived
[00:04.58]At the foot of the hill
[00:06.08]If he ain't moved way
[00:07.22]He's a living there still
[00:08.52]Singing
[00:08.70]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[00:14.18]He hitched up his horse
[00:15.57]And went out to plow
[00:16.96]And how he got around we never knew how
[00:19.07]Singing
[00:19.20]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[00:24.84]Old Devil come to him in the field one day
[00:27.31]Saying one or your family
[00:28.51]I'm a gonna take a away
[00:29.79]Singing
[00:29.97]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[00:35.31]Take her old take her old
[00:36.40]With the joy of my heart
[00:37.73]I hope by Golly
[00:38.88]You'll never part
[00:40.02]Singing
[00:40.41]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[00:45.56]Old Devil got her
[00:46.87]All loaded up on his back
[00:48.16]He looked like a fella with a hump on this back
[00:50.56]Singing
[00:50.76]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[00:55.88]Old Devil got to the forks of the road
[00:58.16]He said
[00:58.86]Old lady you're a hell of a load
[01:00.61]Singing
[01:00.99]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[01:06.00]Old Devil got to the gate so hell
[01:08.24]Said put the fire up we'll start you well
[01:10.61]Singing
[01:11.01]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[01:16.02]Out come a little devil a dragging a chain
[01:18.38]She picked up a hatchet and split out his brain
[01:20.76]Singing
[01:21.14]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[01:25.91]Out come a little devil skating on a wall
[01:27.94]Said take her back daddy
[01:29.17]She's a murdering us all
[01:30.24]Singing
[01:30.44]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[01:35.74]Little devil was peeping right out the cracks
[01:37.94]Said take her home daddy
[01:39.13]Don't you bring he back
[01:40.17]Singing
[01:40.38]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[01:45.32]The old man was peeping out the cracks
[01:47.79]He seen the old Devil come wagging her back
[01:50.11]Singing
[01:50.31]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[01:55.17]The old man lay sick in the bed
[01:57.25]She upped with a butter stick
[01:58.65]And paddled his head
[01:59.70]Singing
[01:59.88]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[02:04.50]Old lady went west over the hill
[02:06.86]Said the Devil won't have me
[02:08.12]And I don't know who will
[02:09.44]Singing
[02:09.64]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[02:14.61]Now you see what a woman can do
[02:16.63]She can out do the Devil
[02:17.80]And the old man too
[02:18.68]Singing
[02:18.90]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[02:24.45]Old lady went west over the hill
[02:26.57]Said the Devil won't have me
[02:27.78]And I don't know who will
[02:28.77]Singing
[02:29.28]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[02:33.85]The old man was peeping out the cracks
[02:36.14]He seen the old Devil come wagging her back
[02:38.35]Singing
[02:38.65]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[02:43.47]The old man lay sick in the bed
[02:45.63]She upped with a butter stick
[02:46.99]And paddled his head
[02:47.99]Singing
[02:48.17]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay
[02:53.78]Now you see what a woman can do
[02:55.67]She can out do the Devil
[02:56.84]And the old man too
[02:57.90]Singing
[02:58.06]Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-Faaa-dita-la-dita-la-daaay