Have you seen the devil,
With his wood and iron shovel,
Digging up potatoes
in the turnpike road?
Have you seen his wife,
With a broad-bladed knife,
Scraping the potatoes
In the turnpile road?
Have you seen his daughter,
With a pail of dirty water
Washing the potatoes
In the turnpike road?
Have you seen his son,
With a double-barrel'd gun,
Shooting birds for dinner
In the turnpike road?
NOTES
This rhyme probably owe its origin to the familiar belief that the devil on occasions undertakes labour for mortals, and gets through an enormous amount of work.
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