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They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas - Tony Joe White
I was walking down a dirt road
And the night was coming on fast
I had gone to for some corn meal for our supper
By the time I got to miss Johnson's house
I knew there was something wrong
By the worried look she had upon her face
I said Miss Johnson could you tell me
What are you shaking for
She said Lord they caught the devil
And they got him in jail in Eudora Arkansas
And he's got a mean that looked like leather
And a long and foggy tail
And when he touches it against the sepbars
Sparks would fly
I did not know of what she spoke
But I believed every word she said
And I burned the souls of
My feet on my way back home
Well the next day a crowd had gathered
Out in front of the Eudora jailhouse
But there was not a chase to be seen of the devil
Now the jailer had been a poor man
And now his pockets were stuffed with money
And he was sitting outside in a
BRand new Continental Lincoln
With famous skirts on it
He would not say where he got the money
Was he a part of the devils bargain
And did he set him free
That night in Eudora Arkansas
Now who's to say