Hi Don and Alberta.

I think your song may be a version of "The Devil Is Dead", also known as "SOME SAY THE DEVIL IS DEAD." There is a discussion of the song and some variations on the lyrics, in an older thread: click here. If this isn't the one, let us know and hopefully someone will know your song.

Cheers, Marion


Here's how I know it:

Love, won't you marry me, marry me, marry me,
Love, won't you marry me, and keep me out of danger?
No, I won't marry you, no, I won't marry you,
No, I won't marry you, you dirty ugly stranger.

Chorus:
Some say the devil is dead, the devil is dead, the devil is dead,
Some say the devil is dead, and buried in Killarney.
More say he rose again, more say he rose again,
More say he rose again, and joined the British army.

Feed the pigs and milk the cow, milk the cow, milk the cow,
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, and early in the morning.
Cock your leg up Paddy dear, Paddy dear I'm over here,
Cock your leg up Paddy dear, it's time to stop your yawning.

Katie she is tall and thin and tall and thin and tall and thin
Katie she is tall and thin, she likes her drop of brandy.
Brings it into bed each night, brings it into bed each night,
Brings it into bed each night, it makes her nice and randy.

My old man is six feet tall, he's six feet tall and six feet tall
My old man is six feet tall, he likes his sugar candy.
Goes to bed at six o'clock, goes to bed at six o'clock,
Goes to bed at six o'clock, he's lazy, fat and randy.

My wife she has a hairy thing, a hairy thing, a hairy thing,
My wife she has a hairy thing, she showed it to me on Sunday.
Bought it in a furrier's shop, bought it in a furrier's shop,
Bought it in a furrier's shop, it's going back on Monday.