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The Devil's Walk [Letter version]
01The Devil went out a walking one day,
02 Being tired of staying in Hell
03 He dressed himself in his Sunday array
04 And the reason that he was drest so gay
05 Was to cunningly pry, whether under the sky
06 The affairs of earth went well
02 Being tired of staying in Hell
03 He dressed himself in his Sunday array
04 And the reason that he was drest so gay
05 Was to cunningly pry, whether under the sky
06 The affairs of earth went well
07 He poked his hot nose into corners so small
08 One wd. think that the innocents there
09 Poor creatures were just doing nothing at all
10 But settling some dress or arranging some ball
11 --The Devil saw deeper there
08 One wd. think that the innocents there
09 Poor creatures were just doing nothing at all
10 But settling some dress or arranging some ball
11 --The Devil saw deeper there
12 He peeped in each hole, to each chamber stole
13 His promising live-stock to view
14Grinning applause, he just shews his claws
15 And Satan laughed in the mirth of his soul
16 Thatthey started with fright, from his ugly sight
17 Whose works they delighted to do
13 His promising live-stock to view
14Grinning applause, he just shews his claws
15 And Satan laughed in the mirth of his soul
16 Thatthey started with fright, from his ugly sight
17 Whose works they delighted to do
18 A Parson with whom in the house of prayer
19 The devil sate side by side
20 Bawled out that if the devilwere
21 His presence he couldnt abide,trick
22 Ha ha thought old Nick,thats a very stale21
23 For without the Devil,23 favorite of evil
24 In thy carriage thou wouldst not ride
19 The devil sate side by side
20 Bawled out that if the devilwere
21 His presence he couldnt abide,trick
22 Ha ha thought old Nick,thats a very stale21
23 For without the Devil,23 favorite of evil
24 In thy carriage thou wouldst not ride
25He saw the Devil a viper slay
26 Under his brief-covered table
27 It reminded the Devil marvellously
28 Of the story of Cain and Abel
26 Under his brief-covered table
27 It reminded the Devil marvellously
28 Of the story of Cain and Abel
29Satan next saw a Brainless King
30 In a house as hot as his own
31 Many imps he saw near there on the wi[ng]
32 They flapped the black pennon andtwiste[d] the sting
33Close to the very throne
30 In a house as hot as his own
31 Many imps he saw near there on the wi[ng]
32 They flapped the black pennon andtwiste[d] the sting
33Close to the very throne
34 Ah! Ah cried Satan the pasture is go[od]
35 My cattle will here thrive better than oth[ers]
36 They will have for their food, news of humans blood
37 They will drink the groans of the dying & dead
38 And supperless never will go to bed
39 Wch. will make 'em as fat as their brothers.
35 My cattle will here thrive better than oth[ers]
36 They will have for their food, news of humans blood
37 They will drink the groans of the dying & dead
38 And supperless never will go to bed
39 Wch. will make 'em as fat as their brothers.
40 The Devil was walking in the Park
41 Dressed like abond Street beau
42For altho his visage was rather dark
43And his mouth was wide his chin came out
44 And something like Castlereagh was his snout
45 He might be calld so, so . .
41 Dressed like abond Street beau
42For altho his visage was rather dark
43And his mouth was wide his chin came out
44 And something like Castlereagh was his snout
45 He might be calld so, so . .
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