They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas

They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas - 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 foggy tail

And when he touches it against the sepbars

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 chase to be seen of the devil

Now 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