X:6
T:"The Devil's nine Questions"
T:Riddles wisely expounded
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:A. and E. Lomax, LC/AAFS, Album I, rec. 4A1. Sung by
Mrs. Texas Gladden, Salem, Va., 1941.
N:Child 1
G:B
M:4/4
K:G % Pentatonic ( -4 -7) Lydian/Ionian/Mixolydian [Pi 1]
D2 | G2 G2 GG G2 | E E3 ID2 B2 |
w:Oh, you must ans-wer my ques-tions nine, Sing
d3 d d2 A2 | B2 d4 d2 | e2 d2 B2 G2 |
w:nine-ty-nine and nine-ty, Or you're not God's, you're
A G3 IE2 G2 | A2 BB D2 D2 | E2 G4 |]
w:one of mine, And you are the weav-er's bon-ny.
W:
W:Oh, you must answer my questions nine,
W:Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
W:Or you're not God's, you're one of mine,
W:And you are the weaver's bonny.
W:
W:"What is whiter than milk?
W:Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
W:What is softer than silk?
W:Say You're the weaver's bonny."
W:
W:"Snow is whiter than milk,
W:Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
W:Down is softer than silk,
W:And I'm the weaver's bonny."
W:
W:"What is higher than a tree?
W:And what is deeper than the sea?"
W:
W:"Heaven's higher than a tree,
W:And hell is deeper than the sea."
W:
W:"What is louder than a horn?
W:And What is sharper than a thorn?"
W:
W:"Thunder's louder than a horn,
W:and Death is sharper than a thorn."
W:
W:"What's more innocent than a lamb?
W:And what is meaner than womankind?"
W:
W:"A babe's more innocent than a lamb,
W:And the devil is meaner than womankind."
W:
W:"Oh you have answered my questions nine,
W:And you are God's you're none of mine."