Devil Versus the Widow
(Mick Ryan)
Up high upon a lonely moor
A widow lived alone
In an inn she kept and while she slept
the pillows heard her moan
For many's the time a traveler
Has spent the night with me
But there's not a man in all creation
Gives content to me
For some can manage once or twice
Some make three or four
What seems to be a rarity
Is the man who can do more
I'd give anything to find him
In heaven or in hell
And while the words were spoken then
She heard the front door bell
Cho: And the wind blew cold and lonely
All across that widow's moor
And she never ever turned away
A traveler from her door
Then boldly the widow she went downstairs
And the door she opened wide
And as she did a tall and handsome
Stranger stepped inside
She gave him bread and brandy
And after he was fed
He said My dear, well have no fear
It's time to go to bed
For I heard you call way down below
And I've come to see you right
But you must come to hell with me
If I can last the night
She said You randy devil!
To this bargain I'm agreed
For hell on earth or hell in hell
It's all the same to me
Then the devil and the widow they jumped in bed
And the devil was working well
And he thought before this night was through
She'd be his in hell
But when they got to number nine
The widow cried Encore!
And when the twelfth time came around
She still called out for more
At twenty-five the devil thought
He had to take a rest
But the widow still said Come raise yer head
And put me to the test
At sixty-nine the widow laughed
Again, again she cried
And the devil declared Well I can see
Just how your husband died
At niney-nine the devil he
Began to cry and weep
Oh I will give you anything
Just let me go to sleep
Before the morning light was on
The devil hobbled home
And the widow still unsatisfied
Once more was left alone
She lay there and she grumbled
And she thought of niney-nine
If only that old devil could
Have made it one more time
I'll call him up again tonight
And see what can be done
With a bit of application we
Could make it to the ton
But when she called him up that night
No devil he did appear
For the first time in eternity
The old devil he shook with fear
Of all the pain and torment
I've witnessed here in hell
I never knew what pain was
'till I rang your front doorbell
copyright Mick Ryan
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oct99
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