Tony Joe White - They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas Тексты
I was walking down a dirt road
and the night was coming on fast
I had gone to for some corn meal for our supper
By the time I got to miss Johnson's house
I knew there was something wrong
by the worried look she had upon her face
I said "Miss Johnson, could you tell me
what are you shaking for?"
She said "Lord, they caught the devil
and they got him in jail in Eudora, Arkansas"
And he's got wings that look like leather
and a long and forky tail
And when he touches it against the cellbars
Sparks would fly
I did not know of what she spoke
but I believed every word she said
And I burned the soles of my feet
on my way back home
Well the next day a crowd had gathered
Out in front of the Eudora jailhouse
But there was not a trace
to be seen of the devil
Now the jailer had been a poor man
And now his pockets were stuffed with money
And he was sitting outside
in a brand new Continental Lincoln