The Little Devils
Title - The Little Devils
Alternate Title - The Farmer's Curst Wife
Contributors - Jean Ritchie
Reporters - Hamish Henderson
Summary - In this humorous ballad, a farmer readily consents to yield his wife to the Devil, who carries her away on his back. When they arrive at Hell however, the wife proves to be more than a handful; the Devil's minions plead him to take her back and he is forced to return her to the farmer.
Jean Ritchie explains that there are many Scottish and Irish versions of this song, but that this particular version is from Kentucky.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:45
Date Recorded - 1953.10
Language - English
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 54452
Original Tape ID - SA1953.239
Original Track ID - SA1953.239.A1
Audio Quality - Poor
Audio Format - R2R
Classification - C278; GD320; R160;
Recording Location:
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village - Edinburgh
Item Notes - 12 verses of 4 lines; second line of each verse whistled, fourth line is a vocable refrain.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, p. 454
'Scotland Sings' (E. MacColl, 1953) pp. 42-43
'Scottish Ballads' (E. Lyle, 1994) pp. 177-178
'Irish Street Ballads' (C. O Lochlainn, 1978) pp. 108-109
'The Scots Musical Museum' vol. 4 (J. Johnson, R. Burns, 1853) pp. 392-393, no. 379
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/54452/1
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Alternate Title - The Farmer's Curst Wife
Contributors - Jean Ritchie
Reporters - Hamish Henderson
Summary - In this humorous ballad, a farmer readily consents to yield his wife to the Devil, who carries her away on his back. When they arrive at Hell however, the wife proves to be more than a handful; the Devil's minions plead him to take her back and he is forced to return her to the farmer.
Jean Ritchie explains that there are many Scottish and Irish versions of this song, but that this particular version is from Kentucky.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:45
Date Recorded - 1953.10
Language - English
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 54452
Original Tape ID - SA1953.239
Original Track ID - SA1953.239.A1
Audio Quality - Poor
Audio Format - R2R
Classification - C278; GD320; R160;
Recording Location:
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village - Edinburgh
Item Notes - 12 verses of 4 lines; second line of each verse whistled, fourth line is a vocable refrain.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, p. 454
'Scotland Sings' (E. MacColl, 1953) pp. 42-43
'Scottish Ballads' (E. Lyle, 1994) pp. 177-178
'Irish Street Ballads' (C. O Lochlainn, 1978) pp. 108-109
'The Scots Musical Museum' vol. 4 (J. Johnson, R. Burns, 1853) pp. 392-393, no. 379
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/54452/1
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