THE DEVIL WENT
DOWN TO GEORGIA
HE WAS LOOKIN'
FOR A SOUL TO STEAL
HE WAS IN A BIND
'CAUSE HE WAS WAY BEHIND
AND HE WAS WILLIN'
TO MAKE A DEAL
WHEN HE CAME ACROSS
THIS YOUNG MAN
SAWIN' ON A FIDDLE
AND PLAYIN' IT HOT
AND THE DEVIL JUMPED UP
ON A HICKORY STUMP
AND SAID
BOY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
I GUESS YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT
BUT I'M A FIDDLE PLAYER TOO
AND IF YOU'D CARE TO TAKE A DARE
I'LL MAKE A BET WITH YOU
NOW YOU PLAY
A PRETTY GOOD FIDDLE, BOY
BUT GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE
I'LL BET A FIDDLE OF GOLD
AGAINST YOUR SOUL
'CAUSE I THINK
I'M BETTER THAN YOU
THE BOY SAID, MY NAME'S JOHNNY
AND IT MIGHT BE A SIN
BUT I'LL TAKE YOUR BET
YOU'RE GONNA REGRET
'CAUSE I'M THE BEST
THERE'S EVER BEEN
JOHNNY, ROSIN UP YOUR BOW
AND PLAY YOUR FIDDLE HARD
'CAUSE HELL'S
BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA
AND THE DEVIL DEALS THE CARDS
AND IF YOU WIN YOU'LL GET THIS
SHINY FIDDLE MADE OF GOLD
BUT IF YOU LOSE
THE DEVIL GETS YOUR SOUL
THE DEVIL OPENED UP HIS CASE
AND HE SAID, I'LL START THIS SHOW
AND FIRE FLEW
FROM HIS FINGERTIPS
AS HE ROSINED UP HIS BOW
AND HE PULLED THE BOW
ACROSS THE STRINGS
AND IT MADE AN EVIL HISS
THEN A BAND OF DEMONS JOINED IN
AND IT SOUNDED
SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS
WHEN THE DEVIL FINISHED
JOHNNY SAID, WELL
YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD, OL' SON
BUT SIT DOWN IN THAT CHAIR
RIGHT THERE AND LET ME
SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
RUN, BOYS, RUN
THE DEVIL'S IN THE HOUSE
OF THE RISIN' SUN
CHICKEN IN THE BREAD PAN
PICKIN' OUT DOUGH
GRANNY, DOES YOUR DOG BITE
NO, CHILD, NO
THE DEVIL BOWED HIS HEAD
BECAUSE HE KNEW
THAT HE'D BEEN BEAT
AND HE LAID THAT GOLDEN FIDDLE
ON THE GROUND AT JOHNNY'S FEET
JOHNNY SAID
DEVIL, JUST COME ON BACK
IF YOU EVER WANNA TRY AGAIN
I DONE TOLD YOU ONCE
YOU SON OF A B###H
I'M THE BEST THERE'S EVER BEEN
AND HE PLAYED
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
RUN, BOYS, RUN
DEVIL'S IN THE HOUSE
OF THE RISIN' SUN
THE CHICKENS IN THE BREAD PAN
THEY'RE PICKIN' OUT DOUGH
GRANNY, WILL YOUR DOG BITE
NO, CHILD, NO