Now, I was just a girl of two   Now, I was just a girl of two   With golden heart and a button shoe      The devil had a hold of me   The devil had hold of me   I turned my head and I could see   The devil had hold of me      There was something wrong with the butcher's boy   Was something wrong with the butcher's boy?   He trembled in his hand and voice      The devil had a hold of me   The devil had hold of me   The others knew to let him be   But the devil had hold of me      Now the tailpipe spit and the engine roared   The tailpipe spit and the engine roared   I was wavin' out the plymouth door      And the devil had a hold of me   The devil had hold of me   The old folks saw the last they'd see   The devil had hold of me      I dreamed last night that the time was done   I dreamed last night that my time was done   My soul flew up to holy Son      But the devil had a hold of me   The devil had hold of me   I snapped back down when he pulled my lead   The devil had hold of me      There're those who'll laugh and not believe   There're those who'll laugh and not believe   Until you feel that touch upon your sleeve      The devil had a hold of me   The devil had hold of me   I turned my head and I could see   The devil had hold of me      I turned my head and I could see   The devil had hold of me