The Women Are Worse Than the Men
Now there was an old man lived at Kellyburn braes
And he had a wife was he plague of his days.
The divil he came to the man at the plough,
Saying, "One of your family I must take now."
Said he, "My good man, I've come for your wife,
For I hear she's the plague and torment of your life,"
So the divil he hoisted her up on his back,
And landed at Hell's hall-door with a crack,
There were two little divils a playing with chains,
She upp'd with her stick, and knocked out their brains.
There were two other divils looked over the wall
They said,"Take her away or she'll murder us all."
So the divil he hoisted her up on his back,
And back to the old man hurried the pack.
They were seven years going and nine coming back,
Yet she asked for the scrapings she left in the pot.
Said he, "My good man, here's your wife back again,
For she wouldn't be kept, not even in Hell!
Now, I've been a divil the most of my life,
But I ne'er was in Hell till I met with your wife,"
So it's true that the women are worse than the men,
For they went down to Hell and were threw out again.
As Mulheres São Piores Que os Homens
Era uma vez um velho que morava em Kellyburn braes
E ele tinha uma esposa que era a praga dos seus dias.
O diabo veio até o homem no arado,
Dizendo: "Um dos seus eu preciso levar agora."
Disse ele: "Meu bom homem, vim buscar sua esposa,
Pois ouvi que ela é a praga e tormento da sua vida,"
Então o diabo a colocou nas costas,
E chegou na porta do Inferno com um estrondo,
Havia dois diabinhos brincando com correntes,
Ela pegou seu bastão e estourou os miolos deles.
Dois outros diabos olharam por cima da parede
E disseram: "Levem-na embora ou ela vai nos matar todos."
Então o diabo a colocou nas costas,
E voltou correndo para o velho com a carga.
Eles levaram sete anos e nove para voltar,
E ela ainda pediu as sobras que deixou na panela.
Disse ele: "Meu bom homem, aqui está sua esposa de volta,
Pois ela não se deixaria prender, nem mesmo no Inferno!"
Agora, eu fui um diabo a maior parte da minha vida,
Mas nunca estive no Inferno até encontrar sua esposa,"
Então é verdade que as mulheres são piores que os homens,
Pois desceram ao Inferno e foram jogadas de volta.