Devil and the Washerwomen
Last Guy Fawkes day as I've hear say,
The devil about did roam,
For at night he thought to see a sight,
He never could see at home,
Dress'd like a Bond-street swell,
Quite smart from top to toe,
And not a soul he met could tell
He came from down below,
Tol lo &c
His face none seemed to gaze on,
As onward he dig jog,
But when he arrived at Iwllington,
There came on a tremendous fog,
But soon ill luck befell
As he stepped out by gosh,
For slap down in a kitchen he fell,
'Mong a lot of women at wash.

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When he looked around he wished himself,
In some far distant lands,
The Women grinned and said he couldn't
Have fallen in better hands,
His clothes the mud reveals,
So they said they'd give him a scrub,
Then seized him by the neck and heels,
And pitched him into the tub

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His tail was spied by Mother Brown,
Who sung out pretty quick,
Keep him down girls keep him down,
I'm blessed if it ain't old Nick,
From 'neath his four-and-nine,
His horns were seen to shoot,
They then pull'd off his Wellington,
There was his cloven foot.

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Mother Jones began to scrub his horns,
Mother Brown his feet did assail,
And Mother Higgs blue bagg'd his face
And Mother White soap'd his tail,
A whacking copper stick
Was used by Mrs. Judds,
Who stirred him up while he did kick
And filled him well with suds.

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Says Mother White how he does foam,
Souse him well I would,
He has so much fire and smoke at home
The water will do him good,
You've heard of scalding pigs,
Well this was such a slaughter
For Mother Brown sung out to Higgs,
Bring more scalding water.

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You'd laughed if you'd seen the mess
The poor old Devil was in,
They wouldn't let him out unless
He stood a pint of gin,
Says he I'll stand a score,
To get out of this scrape,
Then he threw some on the floor,
While he made his escape.

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Then out of the window he gave a jump
While they his money did find
But mark he'd only got a stump
For he'd left his tail behind,
The gin was quickly fetched
And each a glass did drink
And the tail at night when he went home
Served all of 'em for a link!

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