[00:00.00]Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand - The Carter Family
[00:04.63]My tender parents brought me up
[00:09.15]Provided for me well
[00:13.01]Was in the city of Lanson town
[00:17.82]They placed me in a mill
[00:23.12]It was there I spied a pretty fair miss
[00:27.59]On whom I cast my eye
[00:31.68]I asked her if she'd marry me
[00:36.17]And she believed a lie
[00:49.84]Three weeks ago last Saturday night
[00:54.20]Of course it was the day
[00:58.26]The devil put it in my mind to take her life away
[01:07.85]I went into her sister's house
[01:12.11]At eight o'clock one night
[01:16.17]But little did the critter think on her
[01:21.66]I had my spite
[01:33.90]I asked her
[01:35.51]If she'd take a walk with me a little way
[01:42.11]That she and I might have a talk
[01:46.54]About our wedding day
[01:51.83]We walked along until we came to
[01:56.17]My little desert place
[02:00.10]I grabbed this stick off of the fence
[02:04.40]And struck her in the face
[02:17.62]I run my fingers
[02:19.56]Through her coal-black hair to cover up my sins
[02:25.83]I ** her to the riverside
[02:30.50]And there I plunged her in
[02:35.42]I started back unto my mill I met my servant John
[02:43.79]He asked me why I was so pale
[02:47.94]And it so very warm
[03:01.32]Come all young men and warning take
[03:05.42]Unto your lovers be true
[03:09.51]And never let the Devil get the upper hand of you