The Devil's Right Hand

[Verse 1]

About the time my Daddy left to fight the big war

Saw my first pistol in a general store

In the general store, when I was thirteen

I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

She really blew up, she didn't understand

Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

[Verse 2]

My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow

Loads a mite slow and soon I found out

It will get you into trouble but it can't get you out

'Bout a year later got a Colt 45

Called a Peacemaker but I never knew why

I never knew why, I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

[Verse 3]

Got into a card game in a Cumberland town

Caught a miner cheatin', so I shot the dog down

Shot the dog down, watched the man fall

Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw

Trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed

Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said

Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man

Nothing touched the pistol but the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

[Outro]

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Devil's right hand

Devil's right hand