O Muckle Deil Fat Has Come o' Ye

DESCRIPTION: Devil take the thieves that steal our strays. Take them immediately to Hell for they might find the exit gate from purgatory. The singer offers the Devil "guid whisky" to "take the villains frae our sight" whoever they are (Donald Boutcher?)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: theft farming humorous nonballad animal Devil
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 676, "O Muckle Deil Fat Has Come o' Ye" (1 text)
Roud #6100
File: GrD3676

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