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The Devil and the Farmer's Wife

from Festival Wind by Alexander James Adams

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THE DEVIL & THE FARMER'S WIFE
Celtic Traditional
Arranged by Heather Alexander

There was an old couple who lived near Hell,
If they're not dead, they're living there still-
The Devil he came to the man at the plow,
"I've come for one of your family now!"

WHACK-FOL-DAY, FO-LIKITY FOL-I-DOL DAY!

"Which of me family do you like best?"
"Your scoldin' old wife, 'tis she I like best!"
"Take her away with all of me heart,
And I hope the two of you never need part!"

The Devil, he hoisted her on to his back,
No peddler was ever so proud of his pack-
He's carried her off to the gates of 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 back Daddy! She'll murder us all!"

The Devil returned in the tenth of the time,
"Take her back, Farmer! I'm changin' my mind!"
"What'll you give me for takin' her in?"
"I offer no more than the wages of sin!"

"If you want to be rid of this scoldin' old hen,
You'll never be-divil my family again!"
The Devil did cry, the Devil did howl
But he never returned to the man at the plow!

"Well, I've been a Divil for most of me life
But I n'er was in Hell 'til I met with your wife!"

Sea Fier Productions Inc c&p 2003

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from Festival Wind, released March 1, 2003
Vocal & Bodhran: Heather Alexander

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Alexander James Adams Redmond, Washington

A changling from the Land of Fae, Heather brings stories and songs from a world where magic never dies and anything can happen if you only believe.

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