Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk The Devil and the Farmer's Wife 
The Devil and the Farmer's Wife 
I know an old couple that lived near Hell If they're not dead, they're living there still The Devil, he came to the man at the plough I've come for one of your family now
 Whack full day ful lickety fall the dall day 
Which of my family do you like best Your scolding old wife, its she I like best Take her away with all of my heart I hope the two of you never need part 
The Devil, he hoisted her up on his back No peddler was ever so proud of his pack He's carried along till he came to Hell's wall She's out with her boot and she's flattened it all 
Some Devils came down to put her in a sack She's out with her boot and she's broken their backs The Devils cried out from up on the wall Take her home daddy, she'll murder us all 
He carried her home in a tenth of the time Take her back farmer, I'm changing my mind What will you give me for taking her in I offer no more than the wages of sin 
If you want to be rid of this scolding old hen You'll never bedevil my family again The Devil did cry, the Devil did howl But he never returned to the man at the plough 
Recorded on "Borderlands"; Frankie Armstrong Music Plays
 John Langstaff, and Beech Mountain Child #278 DC