Brian Peters - The Farmer's Curst Wife lyrics

Now there was an old man lived under a hill If he ain't moved away he's living there still Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day He took out his horse and began to plough But how he got around he didn't know how Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day Now the Devil came to his house one day Says, "Your old wife I'm going to take away" Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day "Take her on, take her on, with all of my heart I hope, by golly, that you'll never part" Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day So the Devil took the old woman up on his back The old man says, "Don't you ever bring her back!" Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day Now they hadn't gone half a mile down the road When the old Devil says, "You're a hell of a load" Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day But when they got to the gates of Hell He says, "Punch up the fire, we're gonna toast her well" Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day So the Devil built the flames up higher and higher She up with her foot and kicked him in the fire Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day There was three little devils a-dragging their chains She up with a hatchet and split out their brains Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day There were nine more devils a-running through the hall They says, "Take her back, Daddy, she's a-murdering us all!" Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day Now the old man was peeping out of a crack When he saw the Devil come a-wagging her back Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day She found the old man sick in his bet She up with the bu*ter-stick and beat him on the head Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day So that shows you what the women can do They can outwit the Devil and their old man too Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day And that's one advantage women have over men They can go down to Hell, they can come back again Hi, diddle-aye diddle-aye fie Diddle-aye diddle-aye day