I got up one morning and I went out to plough
Tee roo, tee roo, I went out to plough
With sixteen oxen and a darned old cow
Tee roo, tee roo, and a darned old cow

Well up Popped the Devil, said, "How do you do?"
Tee roo, tee roo, said "how do you do?"
"There's one in your family that I must have"
Tee roo, tee roo, "that I must have"

"Well all I want is that wife of yours"
Tee roo, tee roo, "that wife of yours"
"Well, you can have her with all of my heart"
Tee roo, tee roo, "with all of my heart"

He carried her down about half the road
Tee roo, tee roo, 'bout half the road
He said "Old woman, you're a devil of a load"
Tee roo, tee roo, "a devil of a load"

There were three little devils in ball and a chain
Tee roo, tee roo, in ball and chain
She picked up an axe and she bashed in their brains
Tee roo, tee roo, she bashed in their brains

Well nine little devils peeked over the wall
Tee roo, tee roo, peeked over the wall
Saying, "Take her back, Daddy, she'll murder us all"
Tee roo, tee roo, "she'll murder us all"

Will I got up next morning and peeped through the crack
Tee roo, Tee roo, I peeped through the crack
And I saw the old Devil come a toting her back
Tee roo, tee roo, come a toting her back

Well this all goes to show women are better than men
Tee roo, tee roo, are better than men
We've all been to Hell and we come back again
Tee roo, tee roo, we come back again