Chords for Bill & Belle Reed - Old Lady & The Devil

[C] _ _ _ _ There was an old man left at the foot of the hill, he ain't moved away, he's a living nurse still singing,
Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day. _
He hitched up his hogs and went out to plow, how he got around we never knew how,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
_ Old devil come to him to feel one day, saying, one of your family I'm gonna take away,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
Take her on, take her on with the joy of my heart, I hope by golly you'll never part,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
Old devil got her all up on his back, he looked like a fiddler with a hump on his back,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
Old devil got to the forks of the road, he said, old lady you're a hell of a lord,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
The old devil got to the gates of hell, said, punch her bar up, we'll scorch her well,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
Out come a little devil, a dragon of change, she picked up a hatch and split out his brain,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
Out come a little devil, a skating on the wall, said, take her back, daddy, she's a murder in this hall,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
Little devil was peeping out the crack, said, take her on, daddy, don't you bring her back,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, [G] Fie, diddle-lie, [C] diddle-lie day.
Little man was peeping out the crack, he see the old devil come wagging her back,
Singing, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
The old man lay sick in the bed, she huffed with a butter stick and patted his head,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
The old lady went whistling over the hill, said, the devil won't have me, now I don't know who else,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, [G] diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, [C] diddle-lie day.
Now you see what a woman can do, she can outdo the devil and the old man too,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
_ The old lady went whistling over the hill, said, the devil won't have me, now I don't know who else,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, [G] Fie, diddle-lie, [C] diddle-lie day.
The old man was peeping out the crack, he see the old devil come wagging her back,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle [G]-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
The old man lay sick in the bed, she upped with a butter stick, rattled his head,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day.
_ Now you see what a woman can do, she can outdo the devil and the old man too,
Saying, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie, Fie, diddle-lie, diddle-lie day. _ _ _ _
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