The Widow and the Devil Lyrics

High upon a lonely moor, a widow lived alone
and in she kept, and as she slept, her pillow heard her moan,
"Of all the many travelers who spent the night with me,
there's not a man in all creation who gives content to me.
Some can manage once or twice, and some maybe three or four,
it seems to me a rarity is a man who can do more.
I'll do anything to find him, in heaven or in hell."
and as these words were spoken then she heard the front door bell.

For the wind blew cold and lonely across that widow's moor,
she never ever turned away trouble from the door.

The widow then ran to the door and it she opened wide,
and as she did a tall and handsome stranger stepped inside.
She gave him bread and brandy, and when he well was fed,
she said, "My dear, now have no fear, it's time to come to bed."
He said to her, "I've heard your call and I've come to do you right,
but you must come to hell with me if I can last the night."
She said, "You randy devil! To this bargain I'll agree,
for hell on earth, or hell in hell, it's all the same to me."

For the wind blew cold and lonely across that widow's moor,
she never ever turned away trouble from the door.

So when they both fell into bed and the devil was workin' well,
he thought before the night was through, she'd be in his hell.
But when they came to number nine, the widow cried out, "More!"
At twelve she said, "I don't believe he'll make it to twenty four."

At thirty five the devil felt compelled to take a rest.
The widow said, "Come lift your head and put me to the test!"
At sixty nine the widow laughed, "Again, again!" she cried.
The devil said, "Well I can see just how your husband died!"

For the wind blew cold and lonely across that widow's moor,
she never ever turned away trouble from the door.

At ninety nine the devil he began to cry and weep.
He said, "I'll give you ANYTHING if you let me go to sleep!"
Before the morning light was up, the devil hobbled home.
The widow still not satisfied, he left her soul alone.

And there she lay in anxious state at number ninety nine,
"If only that old devil could have made it one more time!
I'll call him up again tonight to see what can be done,
with a bit more application, he could've made it to one hundred and one!"

So when she called to him that night the devil did appear.
For the first time in eternity, satan shook with fear.
He said, "Of all the torment I've witnessed there in hell,
I never knew what pain was 'til I wrung your front door bell!"

For the wind blew cold and lonely across that widow's moor,
she never ever turned away trouble from the door.