I took myself down to the Tally-Ho Tavern to buy me a bottle of beer   I sae me down by a tender young maiden   Whose eyes were as dark as her hair   And as I was searchin' from bottle to bottle   For something unfoolish to say   That silver tongued devil just slipped from the shadows   And smilingly stole her away   I said hey little girl don't you know he's a devil   He's everything that I ain't   Hidin' intentions of evil under the smile of a saint   All he's good for is gettin' in trouble   And shifting his share of the blame   And some people swear he's my double and some even say we're the same   But the silver tongued devil's got nothing to lose   I'd only live till I die   We take our own chances and pay our own dues   The silver tongued devil and I      Like all the fair maidens who've laid down beside him   She knew in her heart that he'd lied   But nothing that I could have said could've saved her   No matter how hard that she tried   Cause she'll offer her charms to the darkness and danger   Of something that she's never known   And open her arms at the smile of a stranger   Who'll love her and leave her alone   I said hey little girl...