American instances of this song are rarer, but some years ago I found this one in Horace Kephart, "Our Southern Highlanders," NY, Macmillan, 1913 and Rev Ed 1922, 1941, pp 81-2. In the chapter "Bear Hunt in the Smokies," Kephart recounts, "Then we discovered that there was musical talent, of a sort, in Little John. He cut a pigeon-wing, twirled around with an imaginary banjo, and sang in a quaint minor: Did you ever see the devil With his pitchfork and ladle, And his old iron shovel And his old gourd head? O, I will go to meetin' An' I will go to meetin' Yes, I will go to meetin' In an old tin pan." I have looked for evidence that there may be related lyrics to the fiddle tune "Up Jumped the Devil" but so far have come up dry.
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