A Night In The Life Of A Swamp Fox Lyrics - The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings - Tony Joe White

I was walking down a dirt road 

And the night was coming on fast 

I had gone to for some corn meal for our supper 

By the time I got to miss Johnson's house 

I knew there was something wrong 

By the worried look she had upon her face 

I said: Miss Johnson could you tell me 

What are you shaking for? 

She said: Lord, they caught the devil 

And they got him in jail in Eudora, Arkansas 

And he's got a mean that looked like leather 

And a long and funky tail 

And when he touches it against the cell bars 

Sparks would fly 

I did not know of what she spoke 

But I believed every word she said 

And I burned the souls of my feet on my way back home 

Well the next day a crowd had gathered 

Out in front of the Eudora jailhouse 

But there was not a trace to be seen of the devilNow the jailer had been a poor man 

And now his pockets were stuffed with money 

And he was sitting outside in a brand new Continental Lincoln 

With famous skirts on it 

He would not say where he got the money 

Was he a part of the devils bargain? 

And did he set him free that night in Eudora, Arkansas? 

Now who's to say?