Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You-The Carter Family

[ti:Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:Hello Stranger (1936-1937)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:02.39]Written by：Traditional/Carters [00:04.78]My tender parents brought me up [00:08.85]Provided for me well [00:12.23] [00:13.26]Was in the city of Lanson town [00:17.65]They placed me in a mill [00:20.95] [00:23.11]It was there I spied a pretty fair miss [00:27.40]On whom I cast my eye [00:30.82] [00:31.80]I asked her if she'd marry me [00:35.64] [00:36.27]And she believed a lie [00:39.62] [00:49.98]Three weeks ago last Saturday night [00:53.98]Of course it was the day [00:57.30] [00:58.22]The devil put it in my mind to take her life away [01:05.73] [01:07.81]I went into her sister's house [01:11.84]At eight o'clock one night [01:15.43] [01:16.22]But little did the critter think on her [01:21.60]I had my spite [01:23.84] [01:34.02]I asked her [01:35.43]If she'd take a walk with me a little way [01:41.20] [01:42.21]That she and I might have a talk [01:46.42]About our wedding day [01:49.80] [01:51.92]We walked along until we came to [01:56.25]My little desert place [01:59.22] [01:59.96]I grabbed this stick off of the fence [02:04.25]And struck her in the face [02:07.80] [02:17.74]I run my fingers [02:19.61]Through her coal black hair to cover up my sins [02:25.02] [02:25.77]I drug her to the riverside [02:29.98]And there I plunged her in [02:33.16] [02:35.52]I started back unto my mill I met my servant John [02:42.85] [02:43.58]He asked me why I was so pale [02:47.90]And it so very warm [02:51.20] [03:01.41]Come all young men and warning take [03:05.32]Unto your lovers be true [03:08.53] [03:09.29]And never let the devil get the upper hand of you