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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tony Joe White
Vocals
James Mitchell
Baritone Saxophone
Robert McGuffie
Bass
Sammy Creason
Drums
Mike Utley
Organ
Andrew Love
Tenor Saxophone
Louis Collins
Tenor Saxophone
Jack Hale
Trombone
Roger Hopps
Trumpet
Wayne Jackson
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tony Joe White
Songwriter
The Memphis Horns
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Asher
Producer
Lyrics
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
Writer(s): Tony Joe White
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