THE DEVIL WITH THE DEVIL
(Larry Clinton)

Larry Clinton & His Orch. (vocal: Ford Leary) - 1938
Roy Newman & His Boys (vocal: Earl Brown) - 1938
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne - 1981
5 Guys Named Moe - 2001
Red Stick Ramblers - 2005


(Here comes the Devil)
(Here comes the Devil)
(Here comes the Devil)
The devil with the Devil says I

(Look out for the Devil)
(Look out for the Devil)
(Look out for the Devil)
The devil with the Devil says I

Always givin' me the dickens
Tellin' me that life's no easy pickin's
But as long as I have fun
Well, the devil with the Devil says I

So afraid of Old Man Sin
Now why don't you stop your hesitatin'
Gonna be a long time dead
So the devil with the Devil says I

You can have your socialties
And bingo for your fun
But the things I like to do
You stop me, one by one

Even if it makes me stronger
Well, it ain't gonna make me live no longer
Even if I do go wrong
Well, the devil with the Devil says I

(Orchestral Break)

Always givin' me the dickens
Tellin' me that life's no easy pickin's
But as long as I have fun
Well the devil with the Devil says I

So afraid of Old Man Sin
Now why don't you stop your hesitatin'
Gonna be a long time dead
So the devil with the Devil says I

You can have your socialties
And bingo for your fun
But the things I like to do
You stop me, one by one

Even if it makes me stronger
Well, it ain't gonna make me live no longer
Even if I do go wrong
Well, the devil with the Devil says I


(Transcribed from the Roy Newman/Earl Brown
recording by Mel Priddle - October 2005)