Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 04 Jul 11 - 09:26 AM

Leeneia and Donuel-

I never got to hear Ella Madison sing but thousands did when she won a singing part in the first production of Porgy (later named Porgy & Bess) in 1929.

"West Indies Blues" is another of her songs that I do sing and have recorded.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Jul 11 - 09:18 AM

Thanks for the song, Charley.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 09:42 PM

Charlie, you were lucky to have such a friend.

If only people realized that their choices that their choices are as monumental as the choices of the 56 [eople who sigbed the Declaration of Independence.

They chose by pledging their lives, their fortune and their sacred honor.

Apply those standards to your choices and you will be saying yes to something of lasting value and virtue.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 08:26 PM

Donuel-

My mother's nursemaid Ella Madison used to sing her this version of a battle with Ole Satan:

Fight Wid Ole Satan

(From singing of Ella Robinson Madison in early 1920's as remembered from Dahlov Ipcar and as collected by Winifred (Wendy) Holt)

I had a fight wid ole Satan de odder night,
As I lay half awake;
Ole Satan, he come to my bedside
An' me he began to shake;
He shook me long an' he shook me strong,
He shook me plumb outa bed;
He done grab me by de collar and he looks me in the face,
An' whaddaya reckon he said?

"Whad he say, Aunt Jane?
Whad he say?"

"All de gole in de mountain,
All de silber in de mine,
Shall all belong to you, Aunt Jane,
If you will only be mine."
He led me to de winder an' the sight was dark
An' de moon was shinin' bright;
De hills an' the mountains all aroun'
Lay terror to my sight;
He said, "All des t'ings will be yours while you live
If you will be my general when you die."
But I look ole Satan right plumb in de eye
An' whaddaya t'ink I said?

"Whaddaya say, Aunt Jane?
Whaddaya say?"

"Getcha gone, ole Satan!
Don't you ever come 'round here again;
You might fool a white man wid dat tale
But you can't fool yo' ole Aunt Jane;
Live humble, humble youself,
I got glory an' honour, praise Jesus!"

You are not alone!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 08:13 PM

The devil came to me to make a deal. I played dumb. The devil came back as a woman with an exam. I gave the wrong answer on purpose. The devil came back a third time and said that my life would go downhill if I said no to him again and that his will always be the higher road.

I said no.

The devil shot me with a microwave beam weapon. From the floor I could see that he had opened the safe and taken his exam back.
The punishment continued from four different corners of his domain, Religion, Beauracracy, Banks and Media.

Most would have said, if you can't beat em join em. I did not, yet I still have the talents that he wanted in the first place. The only difference is that other people distorted and perverted those talents for the devil instead of me, and that is why we are where we are today.

Not enough people said no.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 05:41 AM

I warned you ~~~

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Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: goatfell
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 05:03 AM

join the tory party

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 02:21 AM

Fee-foh-fum
Here I come

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Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: LadyJean
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 11:20 PM

One is supposed to put one hand under both feet and the other hand on top of one's head. I don't know if it's feasible. I've never tried.

I did plat St. John's Wort in the cloven hoofprints I found in my back yard, just to be on the safe side.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Micca
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 02:30 PM

If you need to contact the Devil one of my Ex Mothers-in-Law can put you in touch, she is his Sister!!!

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 12:34 PM

On Easter Sunday, AD 33 all deals with the devil became breakable (with no prior notice and no penalties for early withdrawal) by the party of the second part.

That is, if you even believe in the devil.

In the modern world the devil gets you (if you want to believe in a devil at all), not by going after your soul, but by destroying your mind.

Last week in River City, a 22-year-old guy broke up with his girlfriend. For some reason he decided that was the end of the world. Drank a lot of vodka, got in a pick-up truck and started driving 80 to 100 mph down city streets.

Ran a stop sign and struck a vehicle with a 65-year old woman in it. She was going to her church to help do some painting. She died on the scene. His truck must have had lots of airbags, because apparently he didn't even go to the hospital. (There is no justice.)

Her seven kids and thirty grandchildren will mourn her. And who can describe the shame and regret that his own family feels? All because a 22-year-old idiot didn't have enough pride to preserve his own intelligence.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 12:25 PM

LadyJean... what about the other leg?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 10:07 AM

Making a deal with the Devil is about as likely as Hell freezing over, which is now even more unlikely given the impact of global warming.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: LadyJean
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 12:06 AM

In Appalachian tradition, you stand on one hand, and put the other on the top of your head (You'll have to squat.) Then say, "Everything between these two hands belongs to Satan." I don't know if it works. I haven't tried it. I didn't believe in Satan, until I moved to my present abode. Now I'm not so sure.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: frogprince
Date: 01 Jul 11 - 10:43 PM

Actually Doug has something there. Obama has been forced to deal with a diabolic faction of congress ever since he was elected.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 01 Jul 11 - 09:08 PM

Wake up Doug Van Winkle. W hasn't Been President for a couple of yrs!!

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: DougR
Date: 01 Jul 11 - 08:48 PM

Try contacting our president. He could probably offer some excellent advice.

DougR

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 11:08 PM

Hi, Jon. That is interesting about Satan meaning 'the accuser.' I can see that. He doesn't tempt you with forbidden things, he destroys your pride so you don't try to make your life worthwhile.

Bobert, ignore all those stories about Robert Johnson. They were started by people who were jealous because his playing was better than theirs. Of course, they never really practiced...

Pitifully transparent!

Rapparee: Manhattan or Los Angeles? You make my blood run cold. But wait - Manhattan, Kansas is pretty nice.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Bobert
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 10:31 PM

Listen, Rap, you gotta quit watching them ol' movies... I mean, "Crossroads" got it all wrong... Robert weren't no "religious" kinda guy... Might of fact, Robert was a screw up... So, hey, he didn't believe much of anything that anyone told him... He even believed he was drenkin' good whiskey when he was being poisoned... Now the Devil would go offin' you if he had just made some deal, would he???

(He might, boberdz... After all, he is the Devil!!!

Never mind that...

Legend has it that Tommy Johnson, also a Mississippi bluesman, was the one with the pact (source: John Sinclair, former Top Ten Wanted, currently doing radio show somewhere down Losie'aner...)

Now back to said deals...

B~

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 10:18 PM

Comes from the Satyrs (maybe Satan comes from that), half-goat, half horny manlike creature who was in the German forest chasing maidens.


I think Satan comes from the Hebrew "ha-satan" and means "the accuser". I'd guess there isn't a connection with Satyrs except perhaps in medieval artwork and popular ideas of the horny guy with a fork from that?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Rapparee
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 10:17 PM

Bobert, I just talked with That Dude and he said you got a surprise comin', 'cause a handshake ain't part of the deal. Somethin' about Robert Johnson and you bein' in the same sort of contract and eventually you'll have to live in Manhattan or maybe Los Angeles forever and ever Amen.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Bobert
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 09:52 PM

"Shook hands"????

Hey, I never shook the Devil's hand!!! Does that mean that the deal was never consummated???

Sheet fire, ya'll... I think I has a loophole!!!

Ya' hear that, Mr. Devilman???

We didn't shake...

Read 'um and weep, loser!!!

B~

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: gnu
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 09:26 PM

In the end, you can just ask her..... her tongue, it goes clickety clack (Tommy Makem... The Cobbler).

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 07:27 PM

in the German forest

Satan is German?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Stringsinger
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 07:22 PM

I think he came down to Georgia but was a guest on the Grand Ol' Opry.

You can always do lunch in Washington.

Seriously, the horny old guy doesn't really exist but the myth is pretty interesting. Comes from the Satyrs (maybe Satan comes from that), half-goat, half horny manlike creature who was in the German forest chasing maidens.

Selling your soul is like buying the Brooklyn Bridge.

You can always put it out on e-bay.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Jun 11 - 10:52 AM

"you knew it was your soul when you shook his hand... pay up... and be damned."


I disagree, gnu. Consider what we've heard of Bobert's life recently. Bats in the attic. Hinky appliances. Pond that doesn't hold water. I feel a good case can be made that the Devil has failed to fulfil his part of the deal, and the deal is null and void.

See the Lady in the blue robe about this, Bobert. She helps everybody, even atheists.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 02:40 PM

I thought he was middle aged, fondly remembers GW Bush, and secretly became Catholic.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 02:31 PM

If you really want to, you can meet the Devil, but she's very old now, and talks about when she was Prime Minister and smashed the unions.....

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 02:23 PM

Bobert, WV to VA to NC, each move was a step up for you. Although the suburbs of Charlotte are the armpits of this state.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 02:16 PM

"Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?"

First, get in touch with Dick Cheney.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 01:38 PM

Pay no attention to the naysayers, Bobert. Check out the building down in the valley that has a cross on it. You'll be okay.

Or you can look for the Lady in the blue robes. She likes music, all kinds.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 10:11 PM

Don't try ta weasel out by talkin bout money... you knew it was your soul when you shook his hand... pay up... and be damned.

Say... there's a blues song in there... "I'll be Damned" Bobert... ya gotta do it!

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 10:05 PM

" I already moved to NC... What more Hell can there be???"

for YOU? Try Texas... on many levels. *There's even a song about it*

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Bobert
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 10:02 PM

Man, he don't want no money... He wants my soul... Heck, I already moved to NC... What more Hell can there be??? LOL... No, it ain't about money... I told him that if he would...

Oh, never the heck mind... I ain't gonna lower myself to be talkin' about this little deal...

B~

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 09:52 PM

Bobert... pay up.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 07:56 PM

Two words Bobert

Danil Webster

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: DrugCrazed
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 07:30 PM

Read the fine print.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Bobert
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 07:27 PM

Sheet fire... The real question is how do I un-do the deal I made with the Devil???

B~

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: DrugCrazed
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 07:11 PM

Hmmm. I think Joe's been talking again...

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 06:20 PM

If you want to make a deal with the Devil, kiss the anus of a goat.

If you can bring yourself to kiss the anus of a goat for your greed then you can do any nasty, immoral thing that you need to do to get your way. So you don't really need the Devil to get what you want.

But if you want a golden fiddle then go Down to Georgia and play the fiddle really fast!

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 06:04 PM

How did this thread get refreshed? It just appeared on my screen.... last post was in 02??? Joe?

[threads get refreshed when someone posts with no name and post is deleted and gnu responds quickly.]

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,annabella
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 03:13 PM

The last known appearance of the Devil was in a dance hall at Tooreen co. Mayo sometime in the fiftys. A few lines of a song goes

"there came a dark stranger or so i've heard tell who said dance with Briget come on what the hell"

Does anyone know the rest of the song or who wrote it?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 02:09 PM

Why would you want to make a deal with Number Two?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Kaleea
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 12:31 AM

Can't believe that you 'catters missed the obvious! Simply ask any banjo player who has made a few CD's.

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,Paul O.
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 12:24 AM

as in that old tv show "lets make a deal" they would say are you going to take cutain no.1 or go for whats in the box? often the contestant would come out empty handed. I think it's about time we realize that anything Lucifer gives, in time will soon spoil like rotting food. The only things that last, are given by God.(ie. salvation of your soul) Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man,if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: GUEST,oulmole
Date: 18 Jan 02 - 09:37 PM

(aka Joe in Connecticut) Checking back after a while, this Guest is pleased to see some fine Nominations to fill the hellish Vacancy, and seconds them all. Although considering the UK heritage & vintage of my ancient BBC recollection, I had half-expected an old-crocks-like-me nominations Crossfire of (From the Right!) Harold Wilson! and (from the Left!) Maggie Thatcher! However, all named candidates are well qualified.

to Tom French (a bit nervously; what if he's not joking?): HAHAHA LOL sure, I'd shake hands on the bargain! But, uh, whadda I do about them there cloven hooves....?

to Gwi: Hm good point; maybe it IS "deveel". But me, I'll stand with Bobbie Burns: The De'il's awa' wi' th' Exciseman.

and to IanB (like I said, God Bless England): hee hee Yes indeed, what a fine circular nonanswer from John Mayall's people. Reminds me, in turn, of this one from the DT listings:

CONFUSING GRACE (Unitarian Hymn) (Dick Greenhaus)

Confusing grace, so rich, so rare Each day we live, we learn; And offer daily all our pray'r To whom it may concern!

Thanks, Mudcatters, for the good commentary. --Joe in Connecticut

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Tom French
Date: 18 Jan 02 - 07:16 PM

You've got a deal. Shake hands!!

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Burke
Date: 18 Jan 02 - 06:55 PM

All that Deevil stuff is pure MYTH.

Skeeve

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: gnu
Date: 18 Jan 02 - 06:24 AM

... and clicks !

Subject: RE: Help: How can i make a deal with the devil?
From: Gwi
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 07:29 PM

Is that devil or deveel? I don't know where to locate the first unless it's true that the devil lives next door to the church...however for a deveel...first you have to learn how to dimension hop. Then you have to figure out how to get to the Bazaar at Deva...oh and if you think you got a ggod deal from a deveel you better count all of your fingers, toes, children, grandchildren....etc.