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This song has many variants from Scotland to Cornwall in the South of England each mentioning different locations and one having a play on the word "wig" with the political party "Whig" near "Some say he's alive again and prentice to a barber." found in "Nursery Rhymes," Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 236, June, 1835, page 956 - according to a thread on mudcat
The Clancy Brothers did a version in the 1960s but these words are after Derek Warfield's version as played by the Wolfetones.
The Clancy Brothers did a version in the 1960s but these words are after Derek Warfield's version as played by the Wolfetones.
Some Say the Devil is Dead
by trad
( Chorus
Some [D] say the devil is dead,
the [G] devil is dead, the devil is dead,
Some [D] say the devil is dead
and [D] buried in Kill-[A7] ar- [D] ney.
More [D] say he rose again,
more [G] say he rose again,
[D] more say he rose again,
and [D] joined the British [A7] ar- [D] my. )
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, milk the cow, milk the cow,
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, so early in the morning.
Tuck your leg up, Paddy, dear. Paddy, dear, I'm over here!
Tuck your leg up, Paddy dear, it's time to stop your yawning
Chorus
Katie, she is tall and thin, tall and thin, tall and thin.
Katie, she is tall and thin. She likes a drop of brandy.
Drinks it in the bed at night, drinks it in the bed at night,
drinks it in the bed at night. It makes her nice and randy.
Chorus
My man is six foot tall, six foot tall, six foot tall,
My man is six foot tall, he likes his sugar candy.
Goes to bed at six o'clock, goes to bed at six o'clock,
goes to bed at six O'clock. He's lazy, fat and dandy.
Chorus
My wife, she has a hairy thing, a hairy thing, a hairy thing.
My wife, she has a hairy thing, she showed it to me Sunday.
She bought it in the furrier shop, bought it in the furrier shop,
Bought it in the furrier shop. It's going back on Monday.
Chorus
Some [D] say the devil is dead,
the [G] devil is dead, the devil is dead,
Some [D] say the devil is dead
and [D] buried in Kill-[A7] ar- [D] ney.
More [D] say he rose again,
more [G] say he rose again,
[D] more say he rose again,
and [D] joined the British [A7] ar- [D] my. )
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, milk the cow, milk the cow,
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, so early in the morning.
Tuck your leg up, Paddy, dear. Paddy, dear, I'm over here!
Tuck your leg up, Paddy dear, it's time to stop your yawning
Chorus
Katie, she is tall and thin, tall and thin, tall and thin.
Katie, she is tall and thin. She likes a drop of brandy.
Drinks it in the bed at night, drinks it in the bed at night,
drinks it in the bed at night. It makes her nice and randy.
Chorus
My man is six foot tall, six foot tall, six foot tall,
My man is six foot tall, he likes his sugar candy.
Goes to bed at six o'clock, goes to bed at six o'clock,
goes to bed at six O'clock. He's lazy, fat and dandy.
Chorus
My wife, she has a hairy thing, a hairy thing, a hairy thing.
My wife, she has a hairy thing, she showed it to me Sunday.
She bought it in the furrier shop, bought it in the furrier shop,
Bought it in the furrier shop. It's going back on Monday.
Chorus