The Farmer's Curst Wife

There was an old farmer, lived o'er the hill
If he ain't moved on he's living there still
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
The devil came to him one day, he said:
"One of your kin, I'm gonna take away"
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day

"Oh, please don't take my only son
There's work on the farm that's gotta be done;
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
But you can have my nagging wife
I swear by god she's the curse of my life!"
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day

So they marched on down to the gates of Hell
He said, "Kick on the fire, boys, we'll roast her well!"
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Out came a little demon with a spit and chain
That she upped with her foot and she knocked out his brain
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day

Out came a dozen demons, then a dozen more
But when she was done, they was flat on the floor
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
So all those little demons went scramblin' up the wall
Saying, "Take her back, Daddy! She'll murder us all!"
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day

So the farmer woke up and he looked out the crack
And he saw that Devil bringin' her back
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
"Here's your wife, both sound and well
If I kept her any longer, she'd'a tore up Hell"
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day

The old man jumped, and he bit his tongue
Then he ran for the hills in a flat out run
Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
He was heard to yell, as he ran o'er the hill:
"If the Devil won't have her, be damned if I will!"
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye day
Singin' fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye, diddle aye day