THE DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS
(Sung by Texas Gladden; sound clip is HERE)

Oh, you must answer my questions nine,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
Or you're noy God's, you're one of mine,
And you are the weaver's bonny.

"What is whiter than milk?
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And what is softer than the silk?
And you are the weaver's bonny."

"Snow is whiter than milk,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And down is softer than silk,
And I am the weaver's bonny."

"Oh, what is higher than a tree?
And what is deeper than the sea?"

"Heaven's higher than a tree,
And Hell is deeper than the sea."

"What is louder than a horn?
And what is sharper than a thorn?"

"Thunder's louder than a horn,
And death is sharper than a thorn."

"What's more innocent than a lamb?
And what is meaner than womankind?"

"A babe's more innocent than a lamb,
The devil's meaner than womankind."

"Oh, you have answered my questions nine,
And you are God's, you're none of mine."

~Masato