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Thread #14056   Message #118703
Posted By: Gesa and Norbert
28-Sep-99 - 09:27 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Women Are Worse than the Men
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WOMEN ARE WORSE THAN THE MEN
Hi, Joe
No, it is a different song.
The lyrics are:

Is it true that the women are worse than the men,
That they went down to hell and were thrown out again?

Now there was an old man lived at Kellyburnbraes
And he had a wife was the plague of his days.

The devil he came to the man at the plough
Saying, "One of your family I must take now."

Said he, "My good man, I've come for your wife,
For I hear she's the plague and torment of your life."

So the devil he hoisted her up on his back
And landed at Hell's hall-door with a crack.

There were two little devils a-playing with chains.
She upped with her stick and knocked out their brains.

There were two other devils looked over the wall.
They said, "Take her away or she'll murder us all."

So the devil he hoisted her up on his back
And back to the old man hurried the pack.

They were seven years going and nine coming back
Yet she asked for the scrapings she left in the pot.

Said he, "My good man, here's your wife back again
For she wouldn't be kept not even in hell.

"Now I've been a devil the most of my life
But I never was in hell till I met with your wife."

So it is true that the women are worse than the men,
For they went down to hell and were thrown out again.


So if anyone knows the tunes to this song it would be great!

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