I'm a latecomer again, Maryrrf. Harking back to your quote, I think it was "Gor I had stayed wi' the devil..." I have the notion that this word "gor" is perhaps a variant of the still well-used word in the south west at least--"gin", which can be translated as "suppose" in most contexts--e.g. "Gin I were a baron's heir"[another great song, by the way!}