Posted on 10/31/2004 4:16:58 PM PST by genefromjersey
This is a Hallowe'en song I wrote many years ago,while camping in the Jersey Devil's pineywood home.
(1)
Deep in the Jersey Barrens
Outside the town of Leeds
There lived a lonesome widow-
No one to tend her needs.
So,one All Hallows Eve'ning
When the moon was pale and white
She cried: " I'd let Ol'Scratch hisself
Come share my bed tonight !"
(Chorus)
Keep to the middle of the trail,friend
When the moon is pale and white
And build up the fire at the old campsite-
The devil walks tonight !
2.
Ol'Scratch,he come a' courtin'-
Kept her dancin' till the dawn;
One year later-to the day
The Devil's Child was born !
Oh,when she saw that baby
The widow gave a wail:
He looked just like his Daddy-
Complete with horns and tail !
(Chorus)
3.
The moral to this story
Is easy for to see:
The Devil's always willin'
To furnish company !
So Gentlemen, stay on your toes
Better treat them ladies right-
Or that ol' Jersey Devil
Might take your place some night !
(Chorus)
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