99. Devil and the Farmer's Wife (Child 278) - (Traditional)

Another of the traditional ballads collected by Francis James Child. The politically incorrect story of a wife so difficult that she gets sent back from Hell.

This song is on my fourth CD: "PIGS MIGHT FLY and Other Politically Incorrect Ballads."

You can watch a playlist of my renditions of the Child ballads:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B2D0D5657EA394E4

My website is here: raymondcrooke.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• song
• ballad
• women
• hell
• politically
• incorrect

[Bethywoo]

I'm so glad to have found this! I have a book of old folk songs and worked The Farmer's Curst Wife into a novel I'm writing. It was nice to here how it actually sounds :)

[raymondcrooke]

@Bethywoo I'm pleased I could be of help.

[XxXcoolbeansyeaXxX]

i found an old tape of my grandfather singing this so fast(: sounds so funny as he tells it with this thick irish brogue. i love it and i always wish i could have met him :') pretty good version

[raymondcrooke]

@XxXcoolbeansyeaXxX That's a lucky find! Maybe you could post it on YouTube for us.

[Mogtepyigsoloth]

Wonderful!

I remember Burl Ives singing this, and you added a verse I'd never heard!

[raymondcrooke]

@Mogtepyigsoloth Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[Bethywoo]

*hear.

[XxXcoolbeansyeaXxX]

@raymondcrooke i'd like to, but we're still trying to figure out how to convert the tape to cd to mp3, i most definitely will if we can!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Paul. I've always loved the Child Ballads.

[paulbnoble]

hahahahaha

great song, great performance raymond!

i supremely enjoy your Child Ballads.