Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Yup , by - David Rawlings. Song from the album Poor David's Almanack, in the genre КантриRelease date: 10.08.2017
Record label: Acony
Song language: English
Yup |
| There was an old man who lived over the hill |
| If he ain’t dead yet he’s a living there still |
| Yup, yup |
| Oh well, the devil come up to him one day |
| Said one of your family I’m gonna take away |
| Yup, yup |
| Well please don’t take my eldest son |
| There’s work on the farm that’s got to be done |
| Yup, yup |
| Well it’s-a not your eldest son I crave |
| It’s your stol’den wife I’m gonna take her away |
| Yup, yup |
| Now the old man jumped up with a start |
| Saying you can take her with all of my heart |
| Yup, yup |
| So the devil picked her up upon his back |
| He looked like an eagle stretched on a rack |
| Yup, yup |
| And he carried her on 'bout a mile down the road |
| Saying oh woman, you’re a hell of a load |
| Yup, yup |
| And he carried her down to the gates of Hell |
| Saying «Poke up the fire, we’ll scorch her well!» |
| Yup, yup |
| There were two little devils with a ball and chain |
| Up with her foot, she kicked out their brains |
| Yup, yup |
| And nine little devils went climbing up the walls |
| Saying take her back, daddy, she’ll murder us all |
| Yup, yup |
| I woke up the next morning, I peeked out of the crack |
| I see the old devil just a-dragging her back |
| Yup, yup |
| Saying here’s your wife both sound and well |
| If I kept her there longer she’d’ve torn up hell |
| Yup, yup |
| Well it only goes to show what a woman can do |
| She can whoop up the devil and her husband too |
| Yup, yup |
| Shows one advantage women have over man |
| They can go down to hell and come back again |
| Yup, yup |
| Yup, yup |