The Farmers Curst Wife chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Traditional, based on Child Ballad 278


Verse 1:
      G                        C        G
There was an old man, he lived over the hill
      G            C          D            G
If he ain't moved away he's a-living there still

Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 2:
    G                    C         G
The devil he come to his house one day
      G            C          D           G
Says, "One of your family I'm gonna take away"


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 3:
      G                  C         G
"Take her, my wife, with all of my heart
      G       C       D     G
And I hope to God you never part"


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 4:
    G                   C      G
The devil he put her up on his back
    G      C            D        G
And off to hell he went clickety-clack


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 5:
        G                   C        G
When he got her down to the gates of hell
         G             C           D          G
He says, "Punch up the fire, we'll scorch her well"


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 6:
G                      C          G
In come a little devil dragging a chain
    G         C           D         G
She up with a hatchet and split his brain


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 7:
    G                         C          G
Now nine little devils come a-climbing a wall
        G              C             D         G
Saying, "Take her back daddy! She'll murder us all!"


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 8:
    G                C              G
The old man he was a-peeking out of crack
       G           C          D            D
And he saw the old devil come dragging her back


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day


Verse 9:
       G                    C    G
That's one thing women have over men
         G         C             D     G
They can all go to hell and come back again


Chorus:
         G                C          G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C     D          G
Hi di diddle aye day