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Ewan McV Lyr Req: Some Say the Devil's Dead /...Deil's Deid (45) RE: REQ: Some say the devil is dead? 25 Sep 98


There's a Scottish proverb, over 100 years old, which fits the same tune :

Some say the devil's dead and buried in Kirkcaldy

More say he rose again and danced the Heiland Laddie

I use this song to introduce a story about a failed missionary.

Also, on incredibly 1930 acetate recordings of Black Bahamas singers (in the archives of East Tennessee State University, alongside some unique 1940 recordings of Leadbelly) I heard in the midst of a kid's play song :

"Some say the devil's dead"

but I could not make out the rest


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