I've often wondered who wrote this song and what inspired it, apart from the obvious, looking at the DT forum suggests it was written by Tim Brooks of Herga but that is all the information I could find. The lyrics follow:
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Devil in York

The North Wind blew across Wheeldale Moor
All on a winter's day
And he met with the Devil who was there before
So the folks all say

Well there they met and there they talked
All on a winter's day
Said the Devil let's away to the City of York
So the folks all say

We'll travel the streets and the houses through
All on a winter's day
To frighten the people and the clergymen too
So the folks all say

So the Wind and the Devil that set off at speed
All on a winter's day
Never thought to the outcome of their wicked deed
So the folks all say

O'er forest and field they travelled so far
All on a winter's day
Till they blew through the gates at Micklegate Bar
So the folks all say

Then all of a sudden the Devil stopped short
All on a winter's day
And he cried what's this that the people have wrought
So the folks all say

It's a church said the wind with a great west door
All on a winter's day
And it's called the York Minster of that I'm sure
So the folks all say

Well a curse on you church the Devil he cried
All on a winter's day
Are you coming with me for I'm going inside
So the folks all say

Not I said the Wind for I carry no doubt
All on a winter's day
That if I went in there I'd never get out
So the folks all say

The Devil he laughed and the Devil he scorned
All on a winter's day
Saying you wait here I'll be back before dawn
So the folks all say

So the Wind he stayed and that door blew about
All on a winter's day
Day after day Devil never came out
So the folks all say

Now if you stand by that great west door
All on a winter's day
You'll not tarry long of that I'm sure
So the folks all say

For around that door a Great Wind blows about
All on a winter's day
As he waits for the Devil who never came out
So the folks all say