The Devil's Nine Questions

The Devil's Nine Questions - Burl Ives (伯爾·艾夫斯)

You don`t answer my questions nine

Sing ninety-nine and ninety

I'll take you off to hell alive

And you are the weaver's bonny

What is whiter than milk

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

What is softer than silk

And you're the weaver's bonny "

Snow is whiter than milk

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

Down is softer than silk

And I'm the weaver's bonny "

What is louder than a horn

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

What is sharper than a thorn

Sing I am the weaver's bonny

Heaven's higher than a tree

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

And hell is deeper than the sea

And I'm the weaver's bonny

Thunder's louder than a horn

Sing ninety-nine and ninety ;

What is sharper than a thorn

And You're the weaver's bonny

What is louder than a horn

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

What is sharper than a thorn

And I am the weaver's bonny

What is innocenter than a lamb

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

What is worse than womankind

And you're the weaver's bonny

A babe is innocenter than a lamb

Sing ninety-nine and ninety ;

The devil's worse than womankind

And I'm the weaver's bonny "

You have answered me questions nine

Sing ninety-nine and ninety;

You are God's you're not my own

And you're the weaver's bonny "