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cara (folk artist) - the widow's promise lyrics

high upon a lonely moor a widow lived alone;
an inn she kept, and as she slept, the pillow heard her moan:
“for many’s the time a traveller has spent the night with me
but there’s not a man in all creation gives content to me

“for some can manage once or twice, some make three or four
what seems to me a rarity is the man who can do more
i’d give anything to find him, in heaven or in h+ll!”
and as these words were spoken, then shе heard the front door bell

chorus (rеpeated after each verse):
and the wind blew cold and lonely across the widow’s moor
and she never ever turned away a traveller from her door

the widow boldly ran down the stairs, the door she opened wide
and as she did a tall and handsome stranger stepped inside
she gave him bread and brandy, and when that he was fed
he said, “my dear, now have no fear, it’s time to go to bed

“for i heard your call way down below and i’ve come to see you right
but you must come to h+ll with me if i can last the night.”
she said, “you randy devil, to this bargain i’m agreed
for h+ll on earth, or h+ll in h+ll, it’s all the same to me.”

then they both fell into bed and the devil was working well
he thought before the night was through that she’d be his in h+ll
but when they came to number nine the widow cried, “encore!”
and when the twelfth time came around again she simply cried for more
at twenty+five the devil felt compelled to take a rest
the widow she said, “come raise your head and put me to the test.”
at sixty+nine the widow laughed, “again! again!” she cried
the devil he declared, “now i can see just how your husband died.”

at ninety+nine the devil he began to cry and weep
he said, “i’ll give you anything but let me go to sleep.”
before the morning light was up the devil hobbled home
and the widow, still unsatisfied, once more was left alone

she lay there and grumbled as she thought of ninety+nine
“if only that old devil could have made it one more time!
i’ll call him up again tonight and see what can be done
with a bit more application, he could make it to the ton.”

but when she called to him that night, no devil did appear
for the first time in eternity the devil he shook with fear

- cara folk artist lyrics

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