Lyr. Add: DEVILISH MARY
Coll. Kentucky

1
When I was young and in my prime,
I thought I never could marry,
I fell in love with a pretty little girl,
Tune of "She Got Married."

Chorus-
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Prettiest little girl in all this world,
Her name was Devilish Mary.

2
She washed my clothes in live sop suds,
She peeled my back with switches,
She let me know right up to date
She's gonna wear my britches.
3
We'd been married about two weeks,
We thought we'd better be parted,
She bundled her up a little bundle of clothes
And down the road she started.
4
If ever I marry the second time,
It'll be for love nor [not] riches,
I'll marry one about two feet high,
So she can't wear my britches.

".... recorded by Artus M. Moser from the singing of Paul Rogers of Paint Lick, KY, ....1946. Library of Congress record LP14. Laws, Q4"
Duncan Emrich, 1974, American Folk Poetry, An Anthology, Little, Brown and Company.