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:Volume Two 1935-1941] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:04.63]My tender parents brought me up [00:09.15]Provided for me well [00:12.15] [00:13.01]Was in the city of Lanson town [00:17.82]They placed me in a mill [00:20.83] [00:23.12]It was there I spied a pretty fair miss [00:27.59]On whom I cast my eye [00:30.70] [00:31.68]I asked her if she'd marry me [00:35.65] [00:36.17]And she believed a lie [00:39.45] [00:49.84]Three weeks ago last Saturday night [00:54.20]Of course it was the day [00:57.39] [00:58.26]The devil put it in my mind to take her life away [01:05.38] [01:07.85]I went into her sister's house [01:12.11]At eight o'clock one night [01:15.16] [01:16.17]But little did the critter think on her [01:21.66]I had my spite [01:23.99] [01:33.90]I asked her [01:35.51]If she'd take a walk with me a little way [01:41.19] [01:42.11]That she and I might have a talk [01:46.54]About our wedding day [01:49.73] [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 [02:07.82] [02:17.62]I run my fingers [02:19.56]Through her coal-black hair to cover up my sins [02:25.03] [02:25.83]I drug her to the riverside [02:30.50]And there I plunged her in [02:33.29] [02:35.42]I started back unto my mill I met my servant John [02:42.97] [02:43.79]He asked me why I was so pale [02:47.94]And it so very warm [02:50.79] [03:01.32]Come all young men and warning take [03:05.42]Unto your lovers be true [03:08.37] [03:09.51]And never let the Devil get the upper hand of you