They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas-Tony Joe White

[ti:They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas] [ar:Tony Joe White] [al:The Best Of Tony Joe White Featuring "Polk Salad Annie"] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas - Tony Joe White [00:26.26]I was walking down a dirt road [00:29.49] [00:30.39]And the night was coming on fast [00:33.61] [00:34.23]I had gone to for some corn meal for our supper [00:39.31] [00:42.31]By the time I got to miss Johnson's house [00:46.72]I knew there was something wrong [00:49.40] [00:50.59]By the worried look she had upon her face [00:55.41] [00:58.42]I said Miss Johnson could you tell me [01:01.45] [01:03.00]What are you shaking for [01:05.41] [01:06.46]She said Lord they caught the devil [01:08.85]And they got him in jail in Eudora Arkansas [01:13.33] [01:16.16]And he's got a mean that looked like leather [01:19.68] [01:20.39]And a long and foggy tail [01:23.36] [01:23.95]And when he touches it against the sepbars [01:28.16]Sparks would fly [01:29.35] [01:50.35]I did not know of what she spoke [01:53.67] [01:54.77]But I believed every word she said [01:57.67] [01:58.98]And I burned the souls of [02:01.24]My feet on my way back home [02:03.58] [02:06.77]Well the next day a crowd had gathered [02:09.65] [02:10.88]Out in front of the Eudora jailhouse [02:13.99] [02:15.23]But there was not a chase to be seen of the devil [02:19.92] [02:22.71]Now the jailer had been a poor man [02:26.14]And now his pockets were stuffed with money [02:29.37] [02:30.08]And he was sitting outside in a [02:33.45]BRand new Continental Lincoln [02:35.70] [02:44.49]With famous skirts on it [02:45.68] [02:50.03]He would not say where he got the money [02:53.16] [02:54.42]Was he a part of the devils bargain [02:57.41] [02:58.40]And did he set him free [03:00.39]That night in Eudora Arkansas [03:04.62] [03:06.00]Now who's to say