the devil went back down to georgia

the charlie daniels band adly country grubunun parcasy olup johnny cash’in yorumladygy en gaz sarkidir.
2 degisik versiyonu var parcada anlatilan ayni hikayenin, bu ilk kismi

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 pretty good fiddle boy
but give the devil his due.
i’ll beta 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 that’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 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, old 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 rising 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 want to try
again
cause i told you once, you son of a bitch,
i’m the best that’s ever been

bu da son kismidir


it’s been ten long years since
the devil laid his fiddle at johnny’s feet
and it burned inside his mind
the way he suffered that defeat
in the darkest pits of hell
the devil hatched an evil plan
to tempt the fiddle player for
he’s just a mortal man
the sin of pride, the devil
cried is what will do you in
i thought we had this settled,
i’m the best there’s ever been.
johnny did you ever know
that time keeps marching on
the coldest hour is the one
comes just before the dawn
the devil’s back in georgia
will you stand up to the test
or will you let the devil be the best
in truth i haven’t played much
since the baby came in june
but give me half a minute an’
i’ll get this fiddle back in tune
the devil grabbed the golden
fiddle out of johnny’s hand and said
though i’m the fiddle player
underground and i walk upon the land
y’all just better be just turnin’
back if you want this boy to win
’cos practice is the only cure for
the predicament he’s in
now devil it would be a sin
for you to get my bow
you go on back to hell and to
the wood shed i will go
johnny are you practising or
will your hands grow cold?
the devil walks the land and
plays a fiddle made of gold
can you hear the babe a crying,
will he ever know
the devil wants his daddy’s very soul?
before we play i want to
thank you for letting god’s
own word ring true
he said you can’t be trusted
yes but what you gonna do?
well you get your fiddle devil if
you think that you can win
cos i beat you once you old dog
and i can whip your butt again
john brown’s green, the devil is red
mama’s little baby loves short-nymph bread
the devil’s dream is that he can win
but johnny is the best that’s ever been

(bkz: ghost riders in the sky)