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With a ho double hoop shaw
Riggle laba dope and the

Doodle and the daddle
And the puff of my smoke
And the heaping and the huffing

And the chicken and the choking
And the pickle up a doodle
In the middle of the day


Did you ever hear the story
Of belinda onlyque

She was courted by the devil
And she didn't know what to do


He came a-courting
Every evening


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So belinda got to thinking

She would be the devil's wife
It was better that than being
An old maid all her life


He came a-courting
Every evening


(chorus)


So belinda told the devil
Sir, if i should marry you
Would you treat me like the devil

Or like better husbands do

He came a-courting

Every evening

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So the devil told belinda
Now i'll fetch a load of bricks

And i'll build for you, a mansion
Right upon that fiddle sticks


He came a-courting
Every evening


(chorus)

So the devil took belinda and

He claimed her with a kiss
And no one has ever seen her
From that fatal day to this


He came a-courting
Every evening


(chorus)


Now they say that she would
Still be living as the devil's wife
For he spends his time

Far away from marriage strife

But he won't come

Courting in the evening

He came a-courting

Every evening

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Pickle up a doodle
In the middle of the day