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Joe Offer Versions: Whiskey you're the devil (19) ADD Version: Whisky you're the devil (Bella Hardy) 03 Jun 24


Gayle Wade sent this version.

WHISKY YOU'RE THE DEVIL
Artist: Bella Hardy [amended by Gayle Wade]

Come on brave boys, we're marching off to foreign wars
Drums a' beating, banners flying
The Devil is there to guide your swords.
Love fare you well
    CHORUS:
    Oh, whisky you're the devil, you're leading me astray
    Over hills and mountains and to Americay
    You're sweeter, stronger, decenter than any man my way
    Whisky you're my darling drunk or sober

If you've no taste for whisky, let wormwood steal your soul
If you're looking for false hearted girls
The Devil, tonight my home you'll see
Love fare you well
CHORUS

The sea's too full of witchcraft, you'll sooner sink than swim
But if you reach the furthest shore
The Devil is there to take you in.
Love fare you well
CHORUS

They say new friends are silver, and old friends they are gold
But when your friends have drunk you dry
The Devil is there to take your soul.
Love fare you well

CHORUS x 3: Oh, whisky you're the devil, you're leading me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americay
You're sweeter, stronger, decenter than any man my way
Whisky you're my darling drunk or sober

from Gayle: The change I made is that in the original version, the third line of every verse is the same "The Devil, tonight my home you'll see". In my opinion, that only fits the second verse, so I wrote some different lines for the other verses.

Bella Hardy recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_Yxbk-Qo4


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